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To: sea_urchin who wrote (21994)	8/31/2008 11:40:02 AM
From: philv	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

I've seen statistics showing that the US population shows a healthy increase in the future. Undoubtedly this is due to immigration. Britain, not to be outdone, is almost unique in Europe, and will have the biggest population, while Germany is seen to decline dramatically. "Britain is set to become Europe’s most highly populated nation within two generations, driven by immigration. Forecasts published by the European Commission suggest that Britain will overtake Germany within 50 years as the population rises from 60.9 million today to 77 million. The projected 25 per cent increase triggered renewed calls for the Government to stem the flow of immigration, which has surged since Labour came to power 11 years ago. Increasing population, together with a rise in the number of elderly people, will heap further pressure on public services, particular the NHS. "The population of France, which has the highest birth rate in Europe, will increase to 72 million, while Spain will grow from 45 million to 52 million. Germany, by contrast, will shrink from more than 82 million inhabitants to about 70 million, because of a trend towards smaller families. " Meanwhile, back in the good old USA, the Mexican influence is growing, with bilingual signs and services everywhere. The housing collapse has definitely resulted in loss of jobs for some of these people who have returned to Mexico, but conditions in Mexico are deteriorating from what I have read. " A comprehensive new forecast of America's demographic future foresees a much larger country where demographic change is accelerating, with a population growing both younger and older, and where whites would lose their status as the majority a decade sooner than earlier projections and well before mid-century. New population projections from the U.S. Census Bureau predict the United States will hit 439 million people by 2050 - adding the equivalent of 3 1/2 Californias over the next four decades. The projections are the first based on 2000 census data, joined with contemporary population trends for immigration and longer life spans. And they are already controversial, even before anyone has had a chance to study the numbers in detail. Groups seeking curbs on immigration are likely to argue that current policy will soon result in overwhelming the nation's highways, schools and the environment. And those in California and elsewhere who want to overhaul the government's racial classifications will say the projections badly underrepresent how intermarriage is blurring the distinction between labels like white, black and Hispanic. The data projects sweeping change, for California and the nation. With the U.S. slated to become a "majority-minority" society in 2042 "it does suggest that diversity in this country is hitting the whole population more rapidly, especially in the younger population," said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings " mercurynews.com The necessity for an ever expanding economy is in my opinion the reason why curbs have not been put in place. After all, its big business who benefit, and they control government policies.