[bronkburnett]

this is simple math. 70% of our economy is based on consumption. the more people that there are to consume, then the more is consumed. dead people do not consume. old people consume little. people who are not born do not consume. so when the birth rate decreased, so did the future consumers. when the average age of baby boomers increased to 57 from 47 without an ample supply of people born from 1970 to 1985, consumption dropped. now, how is this government going to replace that missing consumption?

[Tublecane]

“how is this government going to replace that missing consumption?”

For the life of me I can’t understand why we’d need to bother. If there’s less consumption, hey, why not produce less? Or send it overseas. Whatever. All I know is the idea that there is less demand than necessary is insane and nonsensical.