population growth is exponential , and unfortunately its how our economies work, more population more output and hence more prosperity but in reality growth is only prosperous if we have surplus of commodities otherwise our economies will fall apart without the surplus of the minerals, metals and energies supplies.
as a simple micro example, a family of three - dad, mum and kid , dad earns 50k a year, with that 50k its enough to live off comfortable and have a surplus to splash out on a holiday or new appliance , mum and dad decide to have another kid, now there is no surplus of the 50k left but there is growth, so where is the prosperity in a micro environment.. there isn't... but globally there is, as it benefits others by having more children. more child care centers, more toys to be sold, more disposable nappies... the list goes on.. who knows maybe mum will find a job in childcare or something and again there is surplus in their household.
inflation, thats your hidden tax through bracket creep, inflation is simply money creation. inflation is also about surplus as well, without surplus goods such like oil, money looses it value compared to oil.
a house for example can double in value in ten years , but does that really give more spending power? not at all... fuel has doubled, insurance has doubled, food has doubled, buying power has corroded through inflation in those ten years. income may have doubled as well , hence the double of the house price, but it doesn't make you any more prosperous.
if you had invested in say gold for the past ten years your return would have been close to 400 percent, which brings me to the gold standard , this used to keep in check the money printing that todays governments love to do to operate socialist agenda's , unfortunately this printing creates inflation which leads back to bracket tax creep.
v8 utes, i imagine this includes landcruisers , xr8's and so forth, take these vehicles off the road for genuine users of the vehicles , for example to pull heavy equipment/ trailors and what will be the alternatives, i own a v8 ute and if i didn't have that i would have to buy a small truck, far less efficient in fuel use to my requirements. government meddling is usually what creates inefficiencies , take the sub prime crises in America.. people blame solely the banks as being the greedy culprits, but it was in the clinton years when the rot set in by creating laws that made the free market lend to un credit worthy people.. this was the onset of their housing bubble.. or in our own back yard the new home owner grant has in my view (and some statistical proof in some suburbs) just inflated house prices and haven't made them genuinely more affordable for a first home owner.. i don't know if it has created a bubble.. guess time will tell when interest rates increase.
anyhow i went of a little about our planet and how can we help.... to me it seems far more complex than i can grasp.....
Only sane thing you've said this week
Lets see how the mad pricks who start them, get on trying to sort that lot out
