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Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by mjevans on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:08PM (#13136371)
There is also the issue of population growth rates.

Future generations CANNOT keep growing like that. Be it by directed reproduction limits or global resource wars/pollution/plagues/extinction from the preceding the population will shrink.

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Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by shostack on Saturday December 10, 2016 @07:30PM (#13148852)
According to Google/Wolphram Alpha the US population is flat[1].

[1]https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+population+growth

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Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by Hondor on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:23AM (#13136851)
More likely people choosing not to have kids, which is a trend appearing in rich countries. Population growth is mostly fueled by poor people.
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Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th... by mistermann on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:16AM (#13137041)
Or, more people not being able to afford to have kids, another trend appearing in rich countries.
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