rmcrobertson said:We do not have to endlessly crank out kids, since (among other things) poverty and educational level correlate very highly with family size. We do not have to build endless, mindless shopping malls and highways and housing developments and Taco Bells and all the rest of the crap. We choose to, collectively. And market forces drive it all.
We could junk the big cars, pay the taxes we should be paying, educate people decently, do something about the ridiculous fantasy that if you just accumulate enough worthless stuff--including cars--you'll be happy.
We could, in their words, grow up.
As far as I'm concerned, the endless freeway construction is just a bigger, uglier, more-dangerous version of little boys playing with Tonka trucks in a sand-box.
True, very true. Soooo... how do you propose we do this? It's what being a politician is all about. Having an idea or at least listening to ideas to make this country/world a better place.
Paying the taxes we should be paying. Great idea and I'd be all for it. Just the thought of it makes me leery because the monies I'm shelling out of each paycheck isn't going exactly where they say it would be going to. Thus folks try to get out of it best as they can.
They're going to continue to build endless/mindless shopping malls and mini-malls and super Walmarts and so forth because "We the People" aren't complaining enough and hard enough to the right people. So they are going to do what is in their best interests... namely their wallets.
What to do? What to do? Oh my my what to do? :asian: