Overshoot Day…already

By NumbersUSA

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

Readers Remind Post Editorial Board About Overpopulation

By NumbersUSA

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

Readers Remind Post Editorial Board About Overpopulation

By NumbersUSA

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

Readers Say Rampell’s Latest Expansionist Missive Misses the Mark

By NumbersUSA

Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell’s recent “A year into his presidency, Biden has kept some of Trump’s worst immigration policies in place. Why?” embraced the tough task of making the case that Presidents Biden and Trump aren’t so dissimilar when it comes to border policies. The piece even managed to touch on Biden’s as-of-yet … Continued

Readers Say Rampell’s Latest Expansionist Missive Misses the Mark

By NumbersUSA

Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell’s recent “A year into his presidency, Biden has kept some of Trump’s worst immigration policies in place. Why?” embraced the tough task of making the case that Presidents Biden and Trump aren’t so dissimilar when it comes to border policies. The piece even managed to touch on Biden’s as-of-yet … Continued

Our Cherished Natural Heritage Faces an Existential Threat

By NumbersUSA

National Parks are protected land, which conveys that they are immune from destruction or degradation that occurs in unprotected areas. But as our country’s population climbs, which the Census Bureau found is primarily driven by immigration, these cherished places reveal their fragility. The world we escape to reconnect with nature is gradually encroaching and will … Continued

Our Cherished Natural Heritage Faces an Existential Threat

By NumbersUSA

National Parks are protected land, which conveys that they are immune from destruction or degradation that occurs in unprotected areas. But as our country’s population climbs, which the Census Bureau found is primarily driven by immigration, these cherished places reveal their fragility. The world we escape to reconnect with nature is gradually encroaching and will … Continued

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

By NumbersUSA

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

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

By NumbersUSA

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