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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: philv who wrote (22000)	8/31/2008 3:10:24 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Phil > I've seen statistics showing that the US population shows a healthy increase in the future. Undoubtedly this is due to immigration. Long term trends lasting for the next 50 years and based on the extrapolation of the events of the past ten years have to be viewed very circumspectly. Indeed, one could argue that the presence of untold millions of unemployed people, as is likely to be the case, is a sure recipe for revolution. And in such circumstances, all projections are "off the table". > Britain, not to be outdone, is almost unique in Europe, and will have the biggest population Meanwhile, the UK economy is the worst it's been for the past 60 years. So, does one therefore suggest that in time to come the UK will have the biggest population of starving paupers in Europe? > The necessity for an ever expanding economy is in my opinion the reason why curbs have not been put in place. But where's the expanding economy -- other than in the "think tanks", of course? And one should never forget what Mr Malthus had to say on the subject, especially in the face of worldwide food shortages. en.wikipedia.org >>A Malthusian catastrophe (or Malthusian check, crisis, dilemma, disaster, trap, controls or limit) is a return to subsistence-level conditions as a result of population growth outpacing agricultural production. Later formulations consider economic growth limits as well. <<