When so many people live in one country, the value of the average individual to the country as a whole is usually negligible.
Do you think very high population density is more or less healthy for the individual? What about the effect on the environment?
What happens once the US has 1.4 billion people and global birth rates have stabilized so there is no one else to bring in?
Maintaining economic growth may be important but it is only one consideration. Bringing in the best foreign workers is a somewhat easy and temporary fix, which dissuades the US from investing in its own citizens.
How many citizens who are down and out would actually be able to contribute a whole lot more? Is the onus solely on them to compete with already educated foreigners?
It would be more less selfish and more sustainable to concentrate on nurturing a national culture of intellect, learning, creativity, entrepreneurship and cohesion within the US rather than supplementing our deficiencies with the best of other countries.
Do you think very high population density is more or less healthy for the individual? What about the effect on the environment?
What happens once the US has 1.4 billion people and global birth rates have stabilized so there is no one else to bring in?
Maintaining economic growth may be important but it is only one consideration. Bringing in the best foreign workers is a somewhat easy and temporary fix, which dissuades the US from investing in its own citizens.
How many citizens who are down and out would actually be able to contribute a whole lot more? Is the onus solely on them to compete with already educated foreigners?
It would be more less selfish and more sustainable to concentrate on nurturing a national culture of intellect, learning, creativity, entrepreneurship and cohesion within the US rather than supplementing our deficiencies with the best of other countries.