Why do people reproduce past their economic means?

[Felch]

Society needs poor people to have lots of kids so that we can send them to other countries and fight wars for our entertainment. Geez, read a damn book once in a while.

[loinburger]

"We'll only give you welfare if you use contraception."
"Whoops, we screwed up / forgot, and now we're pregnant."
"Oh well that's okay then, have fun watching your kids starve."

The obvious problem being that even if this sits well with you, it may not sit will with the rest of the voters. "Well that's okay, I'll just opt out of paying the taxes that fund welfare." What happens when 99% of the tax-payers opt out of paying for e.g. national defense, or something else that you consider essential?

[Sava]

I'd wager it's substantially more likely that Floyd is dating someone not of his race tonight than you.

****ing a black girl doesn't make you not a racist

but saying **** like this:

particularly people within certain racial/social/religious groups

does...

[Sava]

also, it sounds like the heritage foundation should commission floyd to do a study on immigration policy

please do

I don't want republicans winning any more presidential elections

[Sava]

Actually, my solution is to make receiving government assistance dependent on taking contraceptives.

awesome idea

because winning elections is stupid

[Thoth]

because winning elections is stupid

There is a certain amount of truth to this statement.

Elections are won because a lot of people voted for the winner.

Most people are stupid.

Ergo, winning an election is the result of stupidity and hence is stupid.

QED.

[Sava]

I don't disagree. But you won't get your policies enacted if you don't at least pander to the stupid. Ideologues don't seem to care about this fact.

[Al B. Sure!]

****ing a black girl doesn't make you not a racist

Floyd would never date a Black woman. My guess is this someone not of his race is Asian (most likely) or 'white Hispanic'.

[Ben Kenobi]

Floyd would never date a Black woman. My guess is this someone not of his race is Asian (most likely) or 'white Hispanic'.

Interesting how the non-racist draws this distinction.

[Al B. Sure!]

Interesting how the non-racist draws this distinction.

Interesting how Floyd is transparent.

[Ben Kenobi]

Interesting how Floyd is transparent.

So how was your date with someone of a different race last night, albert (most definitely not a racist) speer?

You do realize that nobody said anything about black women prior to Sava? I said nothing about black women - and yet given neutral information you immediately assumed 'black'.

That's telling, really, it is.

[Al B. Sure!]

Because Dave Floyd dating an Asian woman hardly means anything to counter the idea that he's a racist.


And if you must know I had a phone 'date' last night with an Indian woman.

[Ben Kenobi]

And if you must know I had a phone 'date' last night with an Indian woman.

And yet.

Dave Floyd dating an Asian woman hardly means anything to counter the idea that he's a racist.

Feathers not dots apparently.

[Donegeal]

Calling Dell customer services does not count as a date.

[Dinner]

I imagine most people have a tendency to believe the future will be better than the present so they plan accordingly even if that turns out not to be true.