Too Many People Chasing Too Few Healthcare Providers: How Population Growth Can Make You Sick
The topic of immigration is in the national spotlight as the US presidential election cycle rages on, which is why we’re hearing so much about Springfield, Ohio lately. As nearly everyone knows by now, Springfield has been hit by a sudden rapid increase in its population.
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Disease Pandemics and the Population Factor
It’s been only a few years since the world exited the height of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but we’re now facing a potentially deadlier new pandemic threat. This threat stems from a virus that health professionals have been monitoring for two decades: H5N1, more commonly known as bird flu or avian influenza. Once mostly the bane of chicken farmers, H5N1 has now infected domesticated animals and wild species worldwide. It’s now jumping from dairy cows to humans. Each day the threat grows worse. As with COVID-19, bird flu infections could quickly escalate into a pandemic, facilitated by our over-populated world.
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Losing Population and Loving It
To most Americans, a falling birth rate is not viewed as a bad thing. Public opinion polling shows that most people on Earth want to live alongside fewer people, not more.
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In Praise of Population Decline
To most Americans, a falling birth rate is not viewed as a bad thing. Public opinion polling shows that most people on Earth want to live alongside fewer people, not more.
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Hotels Say They Can’t Find US-Born Workers; Statistics Show They Don’t Try Hard Enough
In this third and final entry to NPG’s special series on the various businesses that continue to profit from ongoing illegal immigration we examine the hospitality industry. Recent headlines reveal some serious problems:
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Migrant Labor and US Agriculture
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. The Second in a three-part series.An NPG Forum Paperby Dr. Philip MartinApril 2024 The US Department of Labor has a National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) that interviews 1,500 to 3,000 workers employed on US crop farms each year and is the best-known source of farm worker data.1 The NAWS finds that 70 …
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The High Cost of Cheap Immigration Detentions
Illegal immigration has increased dramatically since February 2021, bringing the current estimate of illegal immigrants in the US to an estimated 14-15 million.
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Strictly Accountable: A Call for the Tough Love of Real Solutions
Dr. Shragg challenges the many environmentalists who are so “woke” that they fail to see the forest for the trees, as the old adage goes.
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Immigration Will Drive U.S. Population Growth Throughout the 21st Century
The U.S. population is expected to reach a high of nearly 370 million in 2080 before edging down to 366 million in 2100, according to a Census report released in November. By 2100 the total resident population is expected to increase 9.7% from 2022, according to the middle (most likely) population scenario.
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Spoiler Alert: ‘Smart Growth’ Won’t Save the Day
It may seem hard to believe as this first quarter of the 21st Century draws closer to its end, but once upon a time in Southern California open space was abundant and not just in its wild land of mountains, foothills and expansive deserts.
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