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Originally Posted by compu_85
That's the thing I don't understand. Are they worried that we're going to run out of people in this country? If anything... strictly numbers... you'd think they would want to provide as much contraception as possible to opposite parties and groups so that their numbers would be less likely to grow over time.
-J
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Actually, looking at it from a strictly human geographic standpoint, if anything, the US needs to increase the birthrate in order for the US to maintain its stage three status in the demographic transition model. In simpler terms, the US wants to maintain a birthrate that is close to the death rate so that there is not a disparity in the number of working people vs the number of elderly, retired people like there is in other western countries and Japan (stage four in the model). The main reason we want to maintain a close ratio of births to deaths is that Social Security is only viable under its current format. The taxes of one working person cannot support the Social Security benefits of two or more elderly people if they receive their full benefits.
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