(October 14, 2015 at 8:44 am)Rhythm Wrote:Immigration. You said it.(October 14, 2015 at 7:53 am)Nestor Wrote: The world population doesn't need to increase at a faster rate than it is at present. Bad idea!
Not strictly relevant. While we might argue that the overall pop doesn't need to increase, some countries do. Without a sufficient population they cannot properly support the quality of life to which they've become accustomed (or to which they aspire). It takes alot of people to support a modern city, or many modern cities. It takes alot of tax revenue for social services and programs, and it takes even more of both to exert any influence on the world stage - which is a necessity, in our increasingly global village. The possibility of it being tongue in cheek aside, if Denmark is struggling to replace it's population......it makes every bit of sense for them to encourage people to have children. If we didn;t have such a healthy amount of immigration we'd be encouraging our citizens to do the same.
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