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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:24AM (#22083601)
Rich and healthy aren't the same thing. What's the American middle class fertility rate?

Of course, by this metric the successful countries are all in Africa. It will be an interesting future.

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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by sokoloff on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:17AM (#22083793)
Do we have some critical shortage of people that I'm not aware of?
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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:31AM (#22084064)
If your idea of the health of Japan is totally disconnected from whether the Japanese -- technically -- exist, then no, we don't.

When the English and the Germans came to North America and replaced the population there, was that a success for North America? If so, is it the kind of success you'd like to have someone else give to you?

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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by sokoloff on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:35AM (#22084079)
Over 10s of generations, I'm not especially worried about the trivial differences in the genetic ancestry of the people who live in a given country.
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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:36AM (#22084088)
Most people don't wish to die for their ideology. You may be an exception. I doubt it, but if so, you're welcome to it.
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