[Mrs. Don-o]

Ben Watterburg's point is still valid: shrinking populations cannot grow housing markets, cannot expand economies, cannot project global influence, cannot pay off debts. A growing population WITH A FREE ECONOMY can do all of those things with tambourines and trumpets.

I'm pretty sure Mark Steyn would agree.

We just gotta get back our free market economy. Firing about a million government regulators, transitioning from a government that says "You're entitled" to one that says "Get a job," and cutting taxes by half would sure help.

[Will88]

Wattenburg’s point is not valid if a sufficient portion of the population is not involved in self-supporting, economic activity. And at present, and actually for several decades, the trend in the US has been toward more and more dependence upon government. In fact, that’s what lures some portion of immigrants to the US.

That’s not a formula for a new American Century.