Overshoot Day…already

By Admins

Annually, the Global Footprint Network “measures a population’s demand for and ecosystems’ supply of resources and services” to inform us when during the course of a year we’ve reached overshoot – the point when we’ve used up what the Earth’s ecosystem has to give. That date this year is March 13 for the United States, … Continued

Biden avoids Ponzi demography in SOTU; his policies do not

By Jeremy Beck

Should we magically manage to employ all existing residents and then all those extra babies and extra immigrants many politicians tell us we should have, what happens when they, too, reach retirement age? We then have the same problem we were trying to solve, except now it is even bigger. This is how Ponzi schemes … Continued

Immigration-Driven Population Growth Arguments Disregard Inequality

By Lisa Irving

Earlier this month, The Washington Post and The New York Times yet again published articles extolling immigration-driven population growth while ignoring how it contributes to inequality through its negative impact on American workers. In “Amid Slowdown, Immigration Is Driving U.S. Population Growth” New York Times writers Miriam Jordan and Robert Gebeloff are elated that “immigration … Continued

Readers Remind Post Editorial Board About Overpopulation

By Admins

The Washington Post Editorial Board recently argued for greatly increasing immigration numbers (and births) to accelerate U.S. population growth after the U.S. grew by “only” 22.7 million over the last decade. The editors may or may not realize that they are peddling what demographer Joseph Chamie calls “Ponzi demography” – a scam that privatizes profits … Continued

Was COP26 a cop-out? I think so, and here are a few reasons why

By Christy Shaw

As a person who cares about the environment and who also believes in a balanced approach to economic policy, I understand that immigration reduction is essential to sustainable and equitable policy approaches on both these issues. It also means I am in a rather foul mood after listening to the same old grand speeches at … Continued

Quality of life is challenging to maintain when our population is on the rise

By Admins

Buckeye, Arizona is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. There are numerous reasons why, but according to Rocket Mortgage, it’s in part because residents can “find a corner of town that feels like home in the Phoenix metro, which has a population of nearly five million people.” Between the small town charm … Continued

NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

By Lisa Irving

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

NYT Writers’ Dissonance on Immigration-Driven Population Growth

By Lisa Irving

Pundits advocating for increased immigration to the U.S. can find themselves at odds with their long-held policy commitments. Dissonance often arises when they sound the alarm about issues such as growing inequality or natural resource conservation while arguing for more U.S. immigration-driven population growth. In separate opinion pieces written this year, The New York Times … Continued

Growth Pummels North and South Carolina

By Leon Kolankiewicz

I have had the good fortune to experience the charms of both the Tar Heel State and the Palmetto State. For those Westerners who may never have ventured east of the Mississippi River, I’m referring to North Carolina and South Carolina. In the former, I have backpacked the Appalachian Trail from Newfound Gap in the … Continued