politician tells truth
18Aug09
Shock, horror.
Kudos to Kelvin Thompson, federal Labor MP, for having the courage to stand up to the “eternal growth” fools who currently dictate economic and development policies in the western world and point out that excessive population growth is the root cause of most of our serious problems.
It is time for governments and policy makers around the world to come to their senses and take steps to stabilise the world’s population,” he said. “It needs to happen in every country, including here in Australia – especially here in dry, arid Australia.
This probably qualifies Mr Thompson as a member of the ‘green fascists’ that The Australian is always banging on about.
Wow. That’s a pretty bold move, but I like it. I think many people will like this. Unfortunately, the people who will like this are probably not the ones who are planning to have 10 kids (or accidentally end up having 10 kids).
The economists won’t like it. Continual exponential growth is the only model they understand, though this is difficult to reconcile with the real world of limited resources.