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"Three times the population we had when I was born" ----Okay. Let's figure it out, itsahoot.
In 1920 there was a population of 106,021,537. So, can I assume you are about 100 YEARS OLD??
Itsahoot......... you're one hell of an old guy, or you are one hell of a near old guy who is making a GOOD POINT .... yet exaggerating.
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326 million now .......... 106 million in 1920..... THREE TIMES
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Looks like about 130 million in 1940, and 327 million now. That would get a little over two and a half times the population since birth for someone who is 77-78.
Really not that far from 3X, as a rough estimate. Certainly not cause for snide derision.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like where men were free. ~ Ronald Reagan