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To: RealMuLan who wrote (95572)	4/22/2003 12:25:51 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I wonder how much longer the US can afford to do this? I would think the US has to withdraw most of them by the baby boomers retire in waves, and that won't be too long, another 15 years or so. Actually the US gets lot of skilled immigrants from India, China, Europe and our birth rate is at or above the replacement rate so the US will have plenty of skilled workers. So we will likely be able to afford whatever is necessary to insure stability in the important areas of the world.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (95572)	4/22/2003 12:40:09 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You're assuming the population of the US is declining like the rest of the developed countries, which its not. Why Is the U.S. Population Growing? prb.org

To: RealMuLan who wrote (95572)	4/22/2003 3:12:19 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

<that won't be too long, another 15 years or so> That's the way most Empires fall: Overreach, arrogance, making too many commitments that you can't withdraw from without losing face, spending too much, piling up debt. The present relative power of the U.S. vs. the remaining 95% of mankind, is unsustainable. The only question is whether the adjustment to a multi-polar world happens peacefully/incrementally, or violently/abruptly. It is in nobodies interest, to go down the latter path.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (95572)	4/22/2003 3:24:53 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I wonder how much longer the US can afford to do this? The US already cannot afford to do this. Like the cartoon road runner, it's already over the cliff pumping furiously. The only reason we can do it is because foreigners are still willing to accept dollars in exchange for hard goods -- some $500 billion last year, projected to increase to $600 billion this year. When foreigners (with China prominently at the top of the list) start demanding a lot more dollars for their goods, look out below. Kyros