[MunnaP]

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The US would comfortably support a billion people. There is tons of available land, and we already feed a quarter of the world with our agricultural exports.


I would prefer not to see a billion in the US...But 400-500 million would be just acceptable....As the Chinese economic size goes on increasing, we have to expand to stay on the top of the game...in PPP terms Chinese are almost near the US economic size...Without a large population, it is not possible to have a large enough economy....

[JasonC]

Your preference is silly, there is no reason whatever not to want a billion Americans. In 3-4 generations it is about where we will be. Population simply grows over time when the technology and wealth are there to support it. Which is a good thing in every way. Malthusians are simply idiots in the matter, who do not understand either the scale involved or the real sources of wealth, and imagine thinner slices of the same pizza etc.