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Originally Posted by isaidso
Yes with Baby Boomers starting to die off in increasing number, natural increase (birth - deaths) will fall to zero in most developed countries. Some countries are already seeing a natural decrease as deaths surpass births. The only way to prevent the overall population from declining over the next few decades is to increase immigration numbers because, realistically, our birth rate isn't going back up to replacement levels.
The number of immigrants we take in will have to gradually increase every year because the natural decrease will likely get bigger each year.
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The question is where are we going to get these immigrants from. Just so you know, Japan is currently going through a natural decline as it is, and China currently has a one-child policy so while China is the largest country in the world in terms of population, it's not really growing.
As for Latin America, Mexico is stating to level off and I can see that country decline, Cuba and Puerto Rico are currently declining, and Argentina just passed a law legalizing abortion.My question is that if America wants to promote immigration to it's borders, the question is that how can America naturally grow when you have countries that are going through the same phenomenon as America.
There was a time where having 5+ kids was seen as nothing, now if you even have 3 kids, it's seen as too many kids, and the main reason why is because the quality of living doesn't sustain having a small family. If you're going to naturally increase the population, you're going to have to bring down the cost of housing, food, transportation, insurance, clothing, and hopefully increase the value of the dollar because inflation has been kicking America's rear end for far too long.