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To: Reaganwuzthebest
1.4 million is way too much, and like it or not those numbers are going to have to be moderated in the near future.

Why is inreasing the U.S. population by half a percent bad? Would it be better if our population were in decline?

At this rate we'll have a half billion people living here by mid-century.

So? Presuming no other downward influences on population growth, half a billion people could all live in Texas on 1 acre plots in families of four. I like the prospects of half a billion people operating under the wealth creating engine of liberty.

16 posted on 11/26/2003 9:57:40 AM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3
Why is inreasing the U.S. population by half a percent bad? Would it be better if our population were in decline?

It would be fine by me if immigration were at population replacement levels, which they're currently far exceeding. In the 1980s we took in 500,000 a year and I saw no problem with that.

I like the prospects of half a billion people operating under the wealth creating engine of liberty.

Opinion polls show that better than 80% of the people disagree with you. And sooner or later the Wall St. Journal/libertarian view of open borders will be cast aside.

18 posted on 11/26/2003 10:07:49 AM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Gunslingr3
You don't create wealth by having fedgov policies that lavish billions of $ of welfare style services to people who are by largely unproductive and have attached themselves to our system and are slowly sucking the life out of it. Current immigration policy is nothing more than pure corporate welfare.....imagine owning a business where you can employ people for minimal wages, evade a whole lot of taxes and pass on the burden of their living expenses on to the taxpayers.
19 posted on 11/26/2003 10:09:02 AM PST by american spirit (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION = NATIONAL SUICIDE)
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