[Will88]

Does Wattenburg get around to describing how 1 in 7 Americans now receive food stamps? And that would mean that somewhere around 1 in 5 working aged adult American heads-of-household, depends on the government (59% taxes and 41% new debt) for their and their dependents support?

A nation with $16 trillion of debt and such a large portion of working age adults not involved in productive, economic activity is not so well situated as Wattenburg seems to think.

Wattenburg has always sung the praises of immigration and open borders, and seems to comprehend little else.

[SeekAndFind]

[GladesGuru]

Wattenburg also ‘conveniently’ forgets to mention the sad reality that children born in the teeming black Big Sh*tty ghettos are not acculturated as Americans. Children born to the swarm of illegal aliens from Mexico and further south are likewise NOT going to act like Americans because they were not raised by Americans, nor were they acculturated as Americans.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Ben Watterburg's point is still valid: shrinking populations cannot grow housing markets, cannot expand economies, cannot project global influence, cannot pay off debts. A growing population WITH A FREE ECONOMY can do all of those things with tambourines and trumpets.

I'm pretty sure Mark Steyn would agree.

We just gotta get back our free market economy. Firing about a million government regulators, transitioning from a government that says "You're entitled" to one that says "Get a job," and cutting taxes by half would sure help.

[moonshot925]

You are wrong. American manufacuring productivity is 10 times higher than China. The USA has 18% of the worlds manufacturing output. Half of the Chinese population is living in total poverty. Per capita GDP is only $8,000. The USA has technollogy, innovation and freedom. China does not have this.