Is the ecomomy the untold casualty of abortion?

Live Action News ^ | 8/1/14 | Gina L Diorio

[wagglebee]

The pro-life movement often talks of the science behind life in the womb, the fact that abortion leaves emotional, psychological and physical scars on women and the inherent beauty of every life. What we don’t often talk about, though, is money.

After all, doesn’t it seem somewhat crass to couch pro-life arguments in terms of economic benefit? The reality, though, is that abortion hasn’t impacted our society only in emotional, social, and cultural ways. It’s also impacted our society economically. And one political scientist is now claiming this very thing.

Mark A. Olson, a former liberal community organizer turned pro-life consultant, has published research that abortion in America has cost our nation more than $16 trillion in federal revenue – or approximately the amount of our current national debt.

In a slide presentation summarizing his research, he first notes that the figure of 50 million abortions far under-represents the cumulative population loss due to abortion, which he places at a staggering 126,469,904 as of January 1, 2014.

Based on this number, Olson applies the per capita individual tax burden to the lost population number for each year, a method which he says controls for other demographic variables. His finding: as of January 1, 2014, $15,734,000,000,000 in federal revenue has been lost due to abortion.

A press release issued today by Olson stated, “Basic macroeconomics says that any such loss in population will result in a collapse of the necessary aggregate supply and demand to sustain long term national economic growth. The population loss due to abortion would have the same negative economic impact as any population loss due to war, epidemic, or natural disaster. “

Olson concludes that the fiscal problems our nation is facing can be solved neither by conservative nor liberal policies – but only through ending abortion on demand.

The reality is that abortion doesn’t ‘only’ kill children. It doesn’t only devastate women. It doesn’t only shock and grieve men. It doesn’t only deaden national conscience and deprave our collective culture. It does all of these, and more.

Certainly, life is sacred apart from economics – and it always will be. And truth be told, waving signs that read “Save a life, save the economy” probably won’t change many minds and hearts.

At the same time, evaluating the impact of abortion without evaluating the resulting economic losses is an incomplete study. Tragically, we know that not even one dollar of that lost $15 trillion is enough to bring back one of the precious lives lost through abortion.

But one thing we can do is make sure that not one more dollar funds the taking of innocent lives – and not one more dollar propagates the lie that abortion does no harm.

[thejokker]

The lesser of two despicable evils...

[kabar]

Where do they get the money from? India and China have huge populations, so I guess they should have even greater wealth than the US.

In 1970 the population of the US was 203 million. Today, it is 317 million, and by 2060 it will be 421 million. The U.S. is projected to become a majority-minority nation for the first time in 2043. While the non-Hispanic white population will remain the largest single group, no group will make up a majority.

All in all, minorities, now 37 percent of the U.S. population, are projected to comprise 57 percent of the population in 2060. (Minorities consist of all but the single-race, non-Hispanic white population.) The total minority population would more than double, from 116.2 million to 241.3 million over the period.

[punknpuss]

I wonder what the economic impact of no-fault divorce has had on our nation?

[miss marmelstein]

People always use Leonardo Da Vinci as an example - the product of an assignation, not a marriage. What if his mother had taken a herbal abortifacent?! Imagine a world without the amazing Leonardo. Not a world I’d like to live in!

[Morgana]

“Are you saying that abortion is fine as long as it's liberal women having abortions? A simple YES or NO will suffice. “

It's not just liberal women seeking abortions.

A man who runs the local pregnancy crisis center told me about a local preacher who made his unwed daughter get an abortion. The preacher did not want to embarrass his church so the baby had to die.

[wagglebee]

What's your point? Are you suggesting that abortion is fine as long as it's minority babies?

[wagglebee]

Worldwide nearly 1.5 BILLION babies have been aborted in the last three decades. That means that tens of thousands of people with the intelligence of Da Vinci and Einstein have been killed.

[kabar]

What's your point? Are you suggesting that abortion is fine as long as it's minority babies?

No, I am responding to your statement below:

The reason that so many are pushing for amnesty is that they know we need more taxpayers and this is because we've murdered a third of our own

Providing amnesty to the Government estimate of 12 million illegal aliens would cost us more money than it would generate in taxes. The Heritage Foundation estimated it would cost the taxpayers $6.3 trillion just for those receiving amnesty.

[Alberta's Child]

That's exactly right.

I'd also point out that this demonstrates the futility of addressing the issue in the political realm. A nation that kills off 50 million of its own offspring and then gives unfettered access across its borders for tens of millions of foreign invaders doesn't need a change in political leadership. It needs a collective psychiatric examination.

[kabar]

What about a nation that brings in 1.1 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS A YEAR along with 640,000 guest workers annually? There is no correlation between our job needs and our immigration policy. In fact, we are importing poverty and depressing American wages.

[trebb]

The economy is a casualty of the base, hedonistic, nothing is immoral society, that fosters abortion and other heinous acts, that elects those even worse than themselves as “leaders”.

[Jim from C-Town]

The majority of ‘Hispanics’ No such thing really, are white they are the children and grand children of European ancestors who immigrated to Central and South America over that last 150 years. Some are the decedents of Caribbean and Central American slaves from Africa and a mix of aboriginal Americans and Europeans. So called ‘Hispanics’ include Pope Francis.

[wagglebee]

I'm not saying that amnesty would help the fiscal crisis, I'm saying that many (especially on the left) secretly believe that illegal aliens will somehow offset the crisis.

[ansel12]

What killed America isn’t that our population isn’t equal yet to China or India, or that we didn’t already have a huge and well balance population in 1965, in a beautiful country where we could work on moon projects and still go fishing and hunting in the evenings.

What killed us was the importation of JFK’s replacement voters and welfare customers that resulted from his Immigration bill that was passed after his death.

[Alberta's Child]

This has nothing to do with employment. It has everything to do with bringing people in to replace the 50 million consumers we've killed off.

I can't think of a single industry or government agency in the U.S. today that doesn't have a major financial interest in allowing millions of people to flood across our borders.

And therein lies the problem, eh?

[kabar]

I agree the creation of the category of Hispanics is contrived. They can be of any race. It was created in the 1970s to create another group of people entitled to benefits from the government, e.g., affirmative action and minority business set asides. We are reinforcing and incentivizing that identity, which redounds to the benefit of the Democrats since Hispanics vote more than 70% for the Dems.

Here is the way the Virginia Department of Minority Business defines a minority individual as “an individual who is a citizen of the United States or a non-citizen who is in full compliance with United States immigration law and who satisfies one or more of the following definitions:”

Hispanic American” means a person having origins in any of the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands or other Spanish or Portuguese cultures and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.

Hispanics as a group support Big Government. They are a natural Dem constituency.

[kabar]

I'm not saying that amnesty would help the fiscal crisis, I'm saying that many (especially on the left) secretly believe that illegal aliens will somehow offset the crisis.

No the Dems want amnesty because they will be future Democrat voters. The GOPe wants amnesty to please their corporate paymasters by keeping the free flow of cheap, exploitable labor going to enhance their bottom line.

87% of the 1.1 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS we bring in each year are minorities as defined by the USG. And almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. Immigrants and minorities vote more than two to one Dem. In 2012 whites voted 59%-39% for Romney. White women voted 56% to 42% for Romney. 96% of blacks, 73% of Asians, and 71% of Hispanics voted for Obama. Minorities currently make up about 37% of the voters. That will only increase.

By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities as defined by the USG. As a result, each cohort that turns 18 annually will be more Democrat than the previous one. The status quo on immigration even without amnesty will guarantee that the Dems will be the permanent majority party. Demography is destiny.

[kabar]

This has nothing to do with employment. It has everything to do with bringing people in to replace the 50 million consumers we've killed off.

Consumers need jobs and money to consume goods and services. We have increased our population by 115 million over the past 44 years. We have 68.5 million not holding a job. There is no shortage of labor.

I can't think of a single industry or government agency in the U.S. today that doesn't have a major financial interest in allowing millions of people to flood across our borders. And therein lies the problem, eh?

Motivated by parochial self-interest, the pro-mass immigration, open borders, amnesty advocates have formed a powerful coalition including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, labor union leaders, the Catholic Church, ethnic and racial groups, “moderate” Republicans, and the Democrat Party. The common thread that unites these groups is power, money, and the prospect of increased constituencies, even at the expense of our long-term national interests and survival.

[Pollster1]

The far left wouldn’t care about the economic cost because they see a bigger benefit in killing those babies. People, especially in the wealthy Untied States, generate CO2. It’s not just that we exhale, which is bad enough. We also use energy to grow our food, to manufacture our various products that we use, and to move around. We are a blight on the planet, and babies are the worst pollutants because they have the most years ahead of them.

The far left no doubt celebrates the 126 million producers/consumers who are not around to destroy our ecosystem. Nobel Prize winner Al Gore warned us. Nobel Prize winner Obama backs him. Who are we to question the experts and settled science? And the economic cost? All they have to do is redistribute wealth from those who are hording more than their share and those who won life’s lottery by getting lucky when they started businesses (and they didn’t build those anyways), and sharing fairly will make up for the loss. “When you spread the wealth around, everyone benefits” - at least according to the most popular communist in what used to be our country.

[Alberta's Child]

Keep in mind that the U.S. has the highest standard of living in the history of mankind right now. The natural tendency in this type of system is towards Keynesian economics fueled by consumer spending, debt financing and smoke & mirrors. Jobs aren't even necessary to keep the house of cards standing. Even with a very low labor participation rate, our capacity to produce far exceeds our ability to even consume what we produce.

Economic growth is fueled by: (1) population growth, and (2) productivity growth. For several decades we've been past the point where human productivity growth even matters anymore ... productivity growth is now almost entirely driven by automation and advances in technology and communications.

There's no doubt that the house of cards will eventually come crashing down, but that's not going to be driven by immigration (legal or otherwise).