Pelosi: Fewer babies = stronger economy

[MrsSmith]

I know this has nothing to do with sports, but I thought it was interesting, especially since Nancy has FIVE children.

Pelosi: Fewer babies = stronger economy

Charlie Butts and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 1/27/2009 6:00:00 AM

Updated 8:45 a.m. Central

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stirred up a hornet's nest by promoting the idea of spending of millions of dollars on birth control and abortion as part of the economic stimulus package.

"Contraception," argued Pelosi, "will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government." Her comments came on ABC's This Week when asked by host George Stephanopoulos how expanding "family-planning services" to the tune of millions of dollars will stimulate the economy. OneNewsNow sought reaction from Susan Fani, director of communications for the Catholic League.

"It's quite shocking, actually, that the Speaker of the House -- who claims to be Catholic -- would go on national television and claim that contraception would reduce the cost to the government," exclaims Fani. "It's just beyond words, really."

Pelosi has five children and six grandchildren. Catholic League president Bill Donohue finds her comments revealing. "We have reached a new low when high-ranking public office holders in the federal government cast children as the enemy," he offers in a press statement. "But at least it explains their enthusiasm for abortion-on-demand."

Will the spending on "family-planning services" help dig America out of its economic doldrums?

"That's not going to help grow the economy," Fani responds. "It doesn't even make sense as a prospect for helping this country through our economic crisis. So it's wrong on so many different levels, and just shows...a very flawed thought process."

American Life League calls Pelosi's remarks "a betrayal" of her Catholic faith, and the Christian Defense Coalition says it is "unthinkable" that she would try to stimulate the economy by "seeking to reduce the number of children."

America needs to produce 2.1 children per couple to keep up with births to support the population -- and that rate is not being maintained. Economies in Europe have been especially hurt by a drop in birth rates.

[ORUTerry]

Remember when we were growing up and one of the scares (besides 'Global Cooling') was "over-population"? Guess what? That is not the phenomenon happening across the globe. Most industrial countries are below replacement and some (Russia, Japan, Italy, etc) are on the cusp of rapid depopulation. If China continues to adhere to a one-child policy, they will decline geometrically. Sub-Saharan Africa - because of the AIDS virus is also in decline. The world has never seen population decline except in time of war and/or pestilence.

Even the UN is aware of the problem.... a recent study by the United Nations identified the problem and wondered how the situation could be reversed.