Population

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(07-16-2017, 10:32 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: What I always find sad about this is that we have the same number in our legislature as we did in 1911. I know this isn't about immigration, but it just baffles me how with tbat population growth people accept such a low level if representation in our government...

Probably because the last thing anyone has ever thought when they looked at Congress was "I sure wish there were a lot more of them".  

(07-16-2017, 10:43 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: The United States sees about 2.5 million deaths each year.
The United States needs about 150k jobs created each month to keep up with population growth.
The people that the United States lets into the country to be citizens are those who will work hard and created jobs...if not immediately, eventually through their children who I think most go on to college and are successful.

In a country of 320 plus people, 1 million isn't that many to absorb.

Our problem is Illegal Immagration and to stop that is to heavily fine employers who hire Illegal Immagrants.

Need some stats for that generalization there, sir.

I agree with the need to heavily fine employers, though. That said, I do think 1.3m is a rather large number per year, even more so when combined with the births (you mention 2.5m deaths, but not the 3m births), and then add on illegal immigration.

It'd be nice if we could find a way to bring this country under 250m, or at the minimum 300m. (Admittedly arbitrary numbers, but my point is it'd be nice to reduce it a good amount.)


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Side note: Then we would meet our emissions reductions without have to change our lifestyle! 28% reduction in population = 28% reduction in emissions!!! Everyone wins!