tagged w/ Population decline
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Expanding U.S. economy through immigration beats shrinking
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In an economy as bad as this one, it may take nothing short of disaster to bring about even a little immigration reform.
Responding to Haiti's devastating earthquake, the Obama administration is providing Temporary Protected Status to undocumented Haitians living in the U.S. As many as 200,000 people will be invited to stay legally for 18 months, receiving work permits to find jobs.
Even that modest humanitarian gesture has rekindled an emotionally charged debate about whether immigrants hurt the economic prospects of Americans.
With unemployment at 10 percent, this would be a risky moment for Congress to press ahead with sweeping new immigration policies.
Right or wrong, any move in that direction would invite a predictable backlash about immigrants taking jobs, crowding schools, filling emergency rooms and so on.
In many ways, linking immigration reform to the urgent goal of improving the nation's economic performance probably would be a stretch. But in one way, a high rate of immigration gives the U.S. economy a big boost, providing a "resource" that many other developed countries desperately need.
Babies.
More-- ( I recommend the discussion afterward as much the lead article )
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/burns-on-business/2010/01/growing-through-immigration-beats-shrinking.html
http://babywallpapers.net/images/wallpapers/Smiling%20Babies-1117.jpegExpanding U.S. economy through immigration beats shrinking
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"Boosting the number of newborn children is a priority for the government, which is staring into the abyss of a rapidly ageing society, falling levels of manpower and spiralling health care costs.
The Ministry of Health, now sometimes jokingly referred to as the Ministry of Matchmaking, is in charge of spearheading this drive, and it clearly believes its staff should lead by example.
Generous gift vouchers are on offer for officials who have more than one child, and the department organises social gatherings in the hope of fostering love amongst its bureaucrats.
But critics say what is really needed is widescale reform to tackle the burdensome cost of childcare and education that puts many young people off starting a family."
And you thought this sort of thing only happened in Japan!
Read full story in the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8469532.stm"Boosting the number of newborn children is a priority for the government, which... more
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Discovery-News.com: Shark populations are declining worldwide. Kasey-Dee Gardner dives in for the answer.Discovery-News.com: Shark populations are declining worldwide. Kasey-Dee Gardner dives... more
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Nature lovers can take solace in the idea that the planet will thrive once we've finally destroyed ourselves with global warming. But Weisman takes the fantasy one step further: Let's not wait for climate change, he says. Let's start depopulating right now.
Instead of burning down our numbers with oil and gas, we might follow the advice of the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, who tells Weisman that everyone in the world should stop having kids all at once. Weisman isn't up for quite so drastic a measure, but he makes his own pitch, moderate in comparison: Let's cut the birth rate to one child per couple, for a few generations at least.
Could population control be the next big thing in green culture?Nature lovers can take solace in the idea that the planet will thrive once we've... more
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The Economist: Worries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline
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