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What explains the baby boom in California during the 1980s?

dennilfloss

dennilfloss

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I was looking at Canada's population and noticed this.

Canada, Australia and California have relatively similar population increments except for that sudden increase of slope for California during the 80s. Was there a sudden increase in immigration and/or birth rate (both being possibly related if a significant proportion of new immigrants have more children)?

https://www.google.ca/#q=canada+population
 
I'm gonna go with "Generous Welfare program" for $500, Alex.

Edit: rather than reposting this, I just increased the font size so that people don't gloss over the REAL reason for the baby boom.
 
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A certain race here doesn't believe in birth control and of course they base it on religion. But its okay to go to 7-11 at 9am and get beers, drink them then go mow lawns.
 
norCal went from SF and a bunch of nearby small, sleepy towns to a tech boom in a matter of years in the 70s. population skyrocketd.

so...I'm guessing there was lots more sex.

also, cocaine.
 
WaTaGuMp said:
A certain race here doesn't believe in birth control and of course they base it on religion. But its okay to go to 7-11 at 9am and get beers, drink them then go mow lawns.
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Quoted for truth.

I am currently reading "There is no Jose here" and holy shit, that race got their hands full of trying to get benefits from the government for their 'poor' living conditions, while they pump children with different fathers like a conveyor belt. :thumbsdown:
 
Captain Howdy said:
Yeah, because people in the technology field are known for their high breeding rates...
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no but a lot of people migrated there, plus tech people tend to wait until its smart to have kids. If they got a good, reliable, high paying job thats probably the best time to start your family.
 
shortylickens said:
no but a lot of people migrated there, plus tech people tend to wait until its smart to have kids. If they got a good, reliable, high paying job thats probably the best time to start your family.
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Or, they could just game the WELFARE program that was rampantly abused for decades... Why work when you could just form babbies and have the gubermint pay for them, all of them.
 
SSSnail said:
Or, they could just game the WELFARE program that was rampantly abused for decades... Why work when you could just form babbies and have the gubermint pay for them, all of them.
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I actually thought that was more of a problem in DC and Boston and such.
Didnt know that california kept raising your welfare after moving there and having even more kids.

So in theory wouldnt their generous policies have cleaned out a lot of welfare leaches from other places in America?
 
WaTaGuMp said:
A certain race here doesn't believe in birth control and of course they base it on religion. But its okay to go to 7-11 at 9am and get beers, drink them then go mow lawns.
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Hey man, if the best living I could make was mowing lawns, I'd spend a lot more time drunk too. And so would you.
 
SSSnail said:
I'm gonna go with "Generous Welfare program" for $500, Alex.

Edit: rather than reposting this, I just increased the font size so that people don't gloss over the REAL reason for the baby boom.
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You know, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 made "welfare queens" not a viable thing anymore. Sure, yeah, everybody knows a guy who knew a guy, but realistically, you might want to get that stick out of your ass and come up with some new talking points - it's been almost 20 years.
 
shortylickens said:
no but a lot of people migrated there, plus tech people tend to wait until its smart to have kids. If they got a good, reliable, high paying job thats probably the best time to start your family.
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My reply was tongue in cheek. Most smart people wait until they are financially secure to start a family, regardless of where they are located. It is a good theory, and again my reply was sarcasm.

edit: Nevermind, I didn't know this was a P&N thread in disguise. Carry on with the racism and hatred of each other. :thumbsup:
 
dave_the_nerd said:
You know, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 made "welfare queens" not a viable thing anymore. Sure, yeah, everybody knows a guy who knew a guy, but realistically, you might want to get that stick out of your ass and come up with some new talking points - it's been almost 20 years.
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My wife works at the county as a "human assistance worker." I often travel to a lot of low-income housing projects and their management companies for my work. Living off the government is alive and well, it only changed. Where is your information coming from? This applies to all the races.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
You know, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 made "welfare queens" not a viable thing anymore. Sure, yeah, everybody knows a guy who knew a guy, but realistically, you might want to get that stick out of your ass and come up with some new talking points - it's been almost 20 years.
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Of course this thread is specifically about the 80s. :colbert:
 
Wasn't there a big earthquake around LA? When was that? Early '90s, maybe?

Lots of sex is had during epic disasters. It's just a fact.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
You know, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 made "welfare queens" not a viable thing anymore. Sure, yeah, everybody knows a guy who knew a guy, but realistically, you might want to get that stick out of your ass and come up with some new talking points - it's been almost 20 years.
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You know, that's why it was reformed, because people were abusing it in the 80's

your ass ==> O {{{{{{{{{}}}}}}} stick.
 
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