On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:50:37 -0500, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


True, but many will think that means government control, as in China. I
believe enough in people to think that if we were told "It would help to
limit the family to 2 kids", quite a few would do that. No laws needed.
After all, most of us recycle, and nobody's holding a gun to our heads
to force us to do that.

It isn't birth rates, it is death rates. Birth rates in developed
countries, are not large enough to maintain the population. That's one
of the reasons we need immigrants to sustain our Ponzi economy. Death
rates, however... Infant mortality is down. Life expectancy is up.