U.S. population growth is slowing down. Here's why that's a bad thing

Re:U.S. population growth is slowing down. Here's why that's... by JPKab on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @10:08AM (#27037750)

I don't disagree with you at all but unfortunately without population growth the social safety net in most industrialized countries would completely collapse.

Imagine what it would look like for a politician to try to tell the American public that social security needs to be radically reformed and restructured.

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Re:U.S. population growth is slowing down. Here's why that's... by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @10:23AM (#27037906)

>I don't disagree with you at all but unfortunately without population growth the social safety net in most industrialized countries would completely collapse.

It hasn't in Japan.

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Re:U.S. population growth is slowing down. Here's why that's... by anm89 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:03AM (#27038361)

Sure Japan has not collapsed, the US wouldnt either however,

A) Japan's pension, ss, medical liabilities per person are much smaller than what the US has created.

B) I wouldnt call the Japanese economy a success story over the last 20 years. They are just sliding by

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