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groverblue
04-01-2014, 09:11 PM
Developed nations face a perilous balance, teetering between the growth and death of their financial futures through their underlying demographic trends. These trends are almost impossible to reverse and can take decades to play out, since it is quite difficult to get the public as a whole to significantly alter their reproductive choices. While production efficiencies are certainly important when growing earnings, it is raw sales that drive the bottom line.

Just recently, the US Census Bureau showed that the population of the country has slowed to an annual 0.71 percent growth rate, the lowest since 1937. With the population projected to be just above 317 million heading into 2014, it becomes apparent that the pie-in-the-sky four percent GDP growth projections will probably never materialize...

http://muckrakernews.com/2014/04/demographics-destiny/

gwax23
04-01-2014, 09:30 PM
Declining and zero growth populations are symptoms of a sickly economy. An economy where it is too costly to raise even one child hence many decide against having children, and where both parents have to work full time just to scrape by is not a healthy economy. The state destroyed the need for families (or they think they did) through their massive welfare systems designed to remove the need of familial connections and support. You dont need loving children and grandchildren to support you in old age you need a state run old age home! Larger and growing populations = harder to control. Old and dying populations = easier to control. The legitimization and government sponsored and supported "family planning" which is nothing more than a euphemism for child murder is part of the population control plan. Fears of over population and Malthusian catastrophes have been debunked for years but constantly spread. Look at former communist states they are still suffering demographically from the economic and social policies of a former state after over 2 decades!! No economic system can work with a population that shrinks consistently and drastically year after year. Especially welfare states which require a large young population to work to support the old retirees. Hence Japan and Europes problem (among many others, all government created btw) The last time we had this low growth was during the depression years. Theres a correlation. Economic hard times = lower birth rates.

oyarde
04-01-2014, 10:26 PM
Yeah , GDP will not likely see that . What you are going to see , I imagine , is the slow death , continued years of only 6 in 10 working ( as current ) and only 3 of those 6 paying the Fed tax for the 1/2 receiving benefit . How long does that last ? Not forever , so , it is only a matter of time .How much ? I have no idea , but I would expect all of the younger people to see further decline in the lifetime they have .....

Ronin Truth
04-02-2014, 02:28 AM
Over time I have definitely come to believe that demographics are indeed destiny. Perhaps somewhat less so in a micro individual sense (there are exceptions), but more so in an overall macro generational sense.

Here's a link to an interesting and educational article pdf on generations and demographics destiny.

http://download.2164.net/PDF-newsletters/next20years.pdf

Enjoy!