Reducing Human Population With Sterilization
ABIBE, Colombia -- Think of the 10 women who just had their fallopian tubes tied at a clinic
in northern Colombia as foot soldiers in Erwin Goggel's lonely war on overpopulation and
poverty.
A film producer and heir to a dairy fortune, Goggel is offering nine-acre plots rent-free to poor
men and women who agree to have vasectomies and tubal ligations. He pays for all the
surgical procedures, including the 10 operations performed late last month in Monteria, the
capital of Cordoba state, about 30 miles south of here.
Goggel, a 61-year-old father of two who had a vasectomy 10 years ago, says his offer is aimed at
alleviating Colombia's grinding poverty, which he insists is directly proportional to the size of
peasant families. If population growth trends persist, he predicts an apocalyptic future for
Colombia and the planet.
"The middle-class lifestyle as we know it, with a car, a refrigerator and a good education for
the kids, is out of the question for these people," said Goggel, whose slight build and shock of
gray curly hair hint at his hippie past. "They are in a vicious cycle that a high rate of
reproduction perpetuates. Big, poor families are in an economic hole that they can't see out of."
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ABIBE, Colombia -- Think of the 10 women who just had their fallopian tubes tied at a clinic
in northern Colombia as foot soldiers in Erwin Goggel's lonely war on overpopulation and
poverty.
A film producer and heir to a dairy fortune, Goggel is offering nine-acre plots rent-free to poor
men and women who agree to have vasectomies and tubal ligations. He pays for all the
surgical procedures, including the 10 operations performed late last month in Monteria, the
capital of Cordoba state, about 30 miles south of here.
Goggel, a 61-year-old father of two who had a vasectomy 10 years ago, says his offer is aimed at
alleviating Colombia's grinding poverty, which he insists is directly proportional to the size of
peasant families. If population growth trends persist, he predicts an apocalyptic future for
Colombia and the planet.
"The middle-class lifestyle as we know it, with a car, a refrigerator and a good education for
the kids, is out of the question for these people," said Goggel, whose slight build and shock of
gray curly hair hint at his hippie past. "They are in a vicious cycle that a high rate of
reproduction perpetuates. Big, poor families are in an economic hole that they can't see out of."
Read more:
http://dailyme.com/story/2010032400002089/colombian-peasants-wooed-land-adopt-family
.html#ixzz0kOC31hMP
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