Posted by
Corthell on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:03:14 AM
''Nearly 45 million members of the labor force have been obliterated by abortion over the past generation. How many of those people could have kept our auto industry solvent? How many might have developed the cure to cancer or cold-fusion to help make our nation energy independent?
And then there is the coming Social Security and Medicare crisis. ''
With abortion, there is a real economic toll – but it's not something you hear Jackson, Sharpton or the Congressional Black Caucus complaining about. In fact, they all support abortion.
Yet abortion does have negative consequences for the American economy and for the economic well-being of the black community in particular.
To hear abortion proponents talk about it, infanticide is an economic boon. In a reprehensible 1998 U.S. News and World Report article, a child was called "a high-priced consumer item with no warranty."
Taking a page from abortion icon Margaret Sanger – who promoted abortion in large part for reasons of eugenics – less kids means less welfare spending, less unemployment and lots more money to spread around.
Actually, the opposite is more likely to be true.
In a telephone interview, Mark Crutcher, President of Life Dynamics Inc., said, "The cost, if calculable, would be astronomical to the point of the average person being incapable of comprehending it."
While Crutcher is right that there is no way to accurately place a price tag on the opportunity costs of abortion, there are plenty of places in society where the effects of abortion are apparent.
In fact, abortion could be considered a key factor in our nation's current economic crisis.
Consumer spending is the dominant part of our economy. At a time when we are looking to bolster the ailing economy and promote job growth, a baby is one of the best stimulus plans around. Forget TARP and the various Keynesian emergency spending programs promoted by the Obama administration. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=119697