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To: jbe who wrote (50344)	8/9/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

>The population of the United States is coasting along at just about the replacement level,< My eyes tell me otherwise. Here (SFBay) and where my folks live (DC Metro) and my sister (Atlanta) they're building and building. The roads are getting more crowded daily. These aren't signs of a static population. >Would you propose that we impose population limits on the Third World? Even if that were possible, don't you think we could reasonably be charged with discrimination? After all, if the citizens of the Third World were as wealthy and urbanized as we are, they would cut back on family size of their own accord. Intelligent development assistance, family planning assistance, etc. -- that's what we can offer, and hope for the best.< I don't propose doing anything immediate. "Decent" population control would have to be exercised thru some sort of universally-accepted organ. For now, the sovereignty of nations is a jealously-guarded impediment. (?) Like I said, I don't have good answers. I cannot conceive a sufficiently incorrupt fertility regualtion agency that charges of eugenics (in the old ugly sense of securing racial advantage) can't be laid. And I would require that such charges could be seen by all to not stick.