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XemaSab

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13. I would argue that we've been moving away from children being commodities

Reply to Igel (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 01:42 PM

Feb 2012

A hundred years ago, 10 kids meant 10 farmhands or factory workers and 10 whole other families to send you money in your old age.

Now 10 kids means 10 college tuitions and doctor bills, while old people don't have to depend on their families for money.

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What the battle over birth control is really about [View all] shraby Feb 2012 OP

I'm kicking this so it won't fall off the page. shraby Feb 2012 #1

K&R'd. snot Feb 2012 #2

K&R!!! yellerpup Feb 2012 #3

k&r greendog Feb 2012 #4

K & R! lonestarnot Feb 2012 #5

I think there is a component of racism too. These rich white guys don't want to become a minority peacebird Feb 2012 #6

k&r northoftheborder Feb 2012 #7

kickski Snarkoleptic Feb 2012 #8

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2012 #9

The good thing about this whole issue is that a couple of generations get to be educated lunatica Feb 2012 #10

+1 for this and OP #1 BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #11

I've heard the same facts cited as counterarguments. Igel Feb 2012 #12

I would argue that we've been moving away from children being commodities XemaSab Feb 2012 #13

Point well taken. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #24

I would argue your first point Mojorabbit Feb 2012 #23

Though there are many good points in the OP superpatriotman Feb 2012 #14

k&r recommended reading for Everyone Whisp Feb 2012 #15

Pregnancy and bearing children is a strength, not a weakness. AllyCat Feb 2012 #16

K&R! n/t Lugnut Feb 2012 #17

Actually birth control was widely practiced in the ancient world with an herb called Sylphion. Cleita Feb 2012 #18

That's clearly where Santorum is coming from. Good piece. DirkGently Feb 2012 #19

I can condense it to two words. tavalon Feb 2012 #20

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2012 #28

A good start -- here's more, about the ROOT of the problem Remember Me Feb 2012 #21

My mother gave us this to read as teenagers malaise Feb 2012 #22

Right. Why do most women have babies? Because they get pregnant. valerief Feb 2012 #25

">>>They are, above everything else, desperate to get their women back under firm control."<<< n/t ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2012 #26

k&r nt steve2470 Feb 2012 #27

It's also very much about electoral politics Martin Eden Feb 2012 #29