Paul Ryan says American women need to have more babies

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(12-15-2017, 04:41 PM)PhilHos Wrote: So no one's gonna talk about this gem from the article:
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I dunno. He seems to punch holes in his own argument with:

Quote:“We have something like a 90 percent increase in the retirement population in America, but only a 19 percent increase in the working population in American,” the Speaker continued. “So what do we have to do? Be smarter, more efficient, more technology — still going to need more people. And when we have tens of millions of people right here in this country falling short of their potential — not working, not looking for a job, or not in school getting a skill to get a job — that’s a problem.”

Nothing to do with income inequality, wage increases, encouraging businesses to hire more folks or pay them a wage that gets them in the labor pool. Nope, just have more babies so that 20-25 years from now we increase the likelihood of having enough people in need of a job they're willing to work for whatever someone is willing to pay them.

The problem isn't that we don't have enough people willing to work, or enough jobs. We don't have enough businesses willing to pay a living wage. Making more babies doesn't really help that.