Why the poor can't stop having children


	Why the poor can't stop having children

BigBadWolf

7-23-2007 10:06 AM

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life, economics, children

BigBadWolf says:

Very interesting read with lots of insight.

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7-23-2007 4:01 PM

debbyski

Excellent clip Big Bad!

7-23-2007 5:57 PM

BigBadWolf

What's this... no hugs or smooches? :-_(

7-24-2007 7:30 AM

Deepti

this clip makes a lot of sense wolfie

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It came in the form of Juan, a street vendor who was trying to sell me some tourist trinkets. I wasn't interested in buying anything, but since there were no other likely buyers around and I spoke Spanish he stopped to chat with me. One of the first questions that I was asked was how many children I had.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://shatterthefog.blogspot.com/2007/07/elephant-in-room.html"><DIV>I had none. Juan had six.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://shatterthefog.blogspot.com/2007/07/elephant-in-room.html"><DIV>"How is it that you stop from having children?" asked Juan.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://shatterthefog.blogspot.com/2007/07/elephant-in-room.html"><DIV>"What do you mean?" 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