"Is there some reason I should believe that we need more people?"
Yes - there are several reasons. Here are three:
First, it will maintain our culture and heritage. We have much to be proud of here in the US. It must me maintained. We've helped save the world a couple of times. We will need to again.
Second, there are not enough young people to maintain our current system of entitlement programs in the US. The ratio of workers to retirees has shifted greatly.
Third, more people makes us all wealthier, not poorer. More population in a socialist country (China) makes them poorer, but that is not so in a capitalistic system. Just the opposite in fact.
You almost sound like you actually believed that.
Have you noticed how many corporations have left the US in the last decade thanks to globalism. Over 700! Where do you think that those jobs went thanks to GATT, NAFTA and these damn trade agreements?
You sound as if you are concerned that you may not receive your entitlements. Anyone who depended on the government to take care of them in their later years is going to find out just what a sad job is being done.
We need to end most entitlement programs, not reproduce to support same.
I have to ask. How is importing 80% of new immigrants from a culture(hispanic) unlike ours "maintaining our culture"? Have you not been paying attention to the changes our culture has already undergone?
Don't give me the "they're better than muslims" argument either. Both are equally destructive to the culture we currently enjoy.
**Third, more people makes us all wealthier, not poorer. More population in a socialist country (China) makes them poorer, but that is not so in a capitalistic system. Just the opposite in fact.**
Very true, if people are schooled in true economics, which most are not. Thanks for your input.
That needs to go. If population decline means it will collapse sooner, then bring on the population decline.