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0 pointswyxuan6y ago0 comments

Capita is decreasing thanks to demographic trends, and gdp had flat lined

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The US is also moving into a demographic downturn, thanks to republican policies.

Not really. The entire first world is suffering a demographic crisis but the US is doing slightly better than Europe and Japan with population set to keep increasing for the foreseeable future.

dv_dt6y ago

The population is only increasing due to an immigration flow that the Trump administration is busily shutting off or disincentivising in every way possible.

throwaway31576y ago

> The US is also moving into a demographic downturn, thanks to republican policies.

Please don't post partisan political comments without a source.

Edit: I appreciate the downvotes for kindly asking people to follow HackerNews' guidelines

Brain_Thief6y ago

Since when are sources required for basic observations on reality? Thanks to Republican opposition to providing first-world amenities to U.S. citizens (universal health care access, education access, childcare access, etc.) new generations of Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to start families. The evidence for this is multitudinous and moments away via any search engine...

throwaway31576y ago

Well, for starters it is against this site's guidelines

> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys the curiosity this site exists for.

toomuchtodo6y ago

Fertility rates are equally low in other developed countries that offer universal healthcare, subsidized childcare, etc.

https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

I plugged in Denmark and Portugal, and both show lower fertility rates than the US.

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bendbro6y ago

I am fine with this. Bernie Sanders once said mass immigration was a "koch brothers scheme." I agree with this sentiment. Increases in GDP don't seem to help the lower class. As GDP has risen, inflation adjusted income has flatlined. As population has increased, and as housing investment gone higher, housing prices have skyrocketed.

dv_dt6y ago

I think you are confusing Sanders position against fully open borders vs an allowed, but controlled immigration process.

bendbro6y ago

Allowed but controlled immigration is what I believe the result of Republican efforts has been. Sure, they probably want to decrease immigration even further, but they haven't gotten policy that far yet.

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coliveira6y ago

The US is also moving into a demographic downturn, thanks to republican policies.

Acrobatic_Road6y ago

Not really. The entire first world is suffering a demographic crisis but the US is doing slightly better than Europe and Japan with population set to keep increasing for the foreseeable future.

dv_dt6y ago

The population is only increasing due to an immigration flow that the Trump administration is busily shutting off or disincentivising in every way possible.

throwaway31576y ago

> The US is also moving into a demographic downturn, thanks to republican policies.

Please don't post partisan political comments without a source.

Edit: I appreciate the downvotes for kindly asking people to follow HackerNews' guidelines

Brain_Thief6y ago

throwaway31576y ago

Well, for starters it is against this site's guidelines

> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys the curiosity this site exists for.

toomuchtodo6y ago

Fertility rates are equally low in other developed countries that offer universal healthcare, subsidized childcare, etc.

https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

I plugged in Denmark and Portugal, and both show lower fertility rates than the US.

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bendbro6y ago

dv_dt6y ago

I think you are confusing Sanders position against fully open borders vs an allowed, but controlled immigration process.

bendbro6y ago

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