Picking a number would be arbitrary.How many people do we want to have in America? — Jake
We should want continued prosperity, which depends on economic growth, and economic growth depends on population growth to provide workforce and consumption. — Relativist
Nonsense (or was this a bit tongue in cheek, bitter?). Everywhere they have had such ludicrous policies they have only backfired creating a bigger mess. The simple answer is and has been everywhere: make people more affluent and they will have less children. That's it.Men and women should be encouraged (taxation, financial incentives, political reeducation camps in North Dakota, Mississippi, and West Virginia...) to have their single child while they are young and healthy. — Bitter Crank
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