>>The good news is no one alive today will be around to worry about it. This,
of course, assumes that there will be no effect of the continuing and
unrelenting depletion of the Earth's resources. Science will conquer all. For
all you 'mind control' aficiandoes, THIS is why MC (psychotropism) is
important: planning for the future. After all, we have Japan and similarly
densely populated countries to remain as models for this eventuality ...
crammed mass transit ... coffin sized motel rooms ... efficiency-sized
dwellings for families of four or more (bunk / trundel beds) ... body heat!!!
A<>E<>R <<
>From Wash (DC) Post
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571 Million Americans By Alan K. Simpson and Richard D. Lamm
Tuesday , June 20, 2000 ; A23
It is most important to recognize that the new census figures showing a
population of 571 million Americans by the year 2100 are both a projection and
a public policy choice. It is more of a question than a fact, more of a choice
than an inevitability. Demography has become largely a matter of public policy
choice, and like any other public policy issue, it deserves debate.
How large do we want the U.S. population to become? Do we want to be a nation
of 1 billion Americans? Five hundred million? Would this be in the national
interest? Is it in the interest of our grandchildren? Do you really want twice
as many people in America? Will that make it a better place to live?
It is these and similar questions that America must ask itself. Our society
must look at the long-term domestic impact of immigration and answer the hard
demographic questions. It is not enough to invoke the Statue of Liberty or
quote the powerful words written on its base. We must ask, "What kind of
national interests are being served by large-scale immigration?"
The entire western United States is under tremendous growth pressure, partly
from Californians leaving California. The most common reasons for departing are
too many people, too much congestion, too much traffic, a lowering of the
quality of life. More people have left California since 1990 than actually live
in Wyoming. Is that a harbinger for the nation?
We both saw California in the 1950s, when it had 10 million people. It was
paradise. But it soon grew to 20 million, is now up to 34 million and is
expected to have 50 million people by the year 2010. We have yet to meet a
Californian who wants 50 million neighbors.
By 2040 there will be 64 million Californians--almost entirely because of
immigration. But in whose interest is it to have 50 or 60 million people in
California or 571 million in America (and still growing)?
Public policy is filled with issues that were once thought unalterable but that
we now recognize as matters of human control and public policy. It used to be
that a person's health was a matter of "God's will," but we learned through
medicine and public health that it was substantially within human control. We
used to believe that the number of children born to a woman was a matter of
divine choice, not human choice. But then Margaret Sanger and other crusaders
came to inspire and teach women that they were not slaves to biology and that
to limit family size was advantageous to their health and family prosperity. It
was not a matter of destiny but of choice.
We respectfully suggest that it is not a matter of "God's will" that we double
the size of America's population, as the census figures predict will happen; it
is a public policy choice. The average American woman has two children in a
lifetime, a figure that will stabilize U.S. population in the middle of the
next century. Unless American women begin again to have large families, the
difference between doubling U.S. population and doubling it again will be due
to immigration.
How will America be better off with 571 million people? What amenities that we
now enjoy will be improved? What about urban congestion, open space? Will 571
million people help our educational system? What will it mean with regard to
crime, and our quality of life? Are we likely to improve our social peace and
political stability?
Neils Bohr once said that "the opposite of a correct statement is a false
statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound
truth." Without question immigration has been good for America, and of course
we are all immigrants, directly or indirectly. But the challenge of public
policy is to recognize when circumstances change--when, as the poet warns,
"time makes ancient good uncouth."
Alan K. Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, is director of the
Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government. Richard D. Lamm, a former Democratic governor of Colorado, is
director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the
University of Denver.
� 2000 The Washington Post Company
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