Universal healthcare isn't necessarily bad for population size. It really depends on how competent the authority running it is.
As I recall, the average pregnancy in a hospital costs something like 20k in the US. In Canada, there is no cost at the point of use unless you want a private room. If you're thinking about being a parent, which one of the two is going to be easier to swallow? That being said, universal healthcare requires competence. The US already spends enough federal money per capita to have universal healthcare using the money collected for medicare and medicaid, but despite having as much money as required, public healthcare in the US is not run competently, so there is no universal healthcare.
That being said, the rest of what you've written is correct. In particular, climate policy requires the earth's population to shrink massively. I came to that conclusion in my 2009 investigation into converting our industries to clean energy which I have reposted here: https://lotide.fbxl.net/posts/6006
One odd thing is that after fighting for a shrinking population, they get a shrinking population, and then they act like a shrinking population is a problem to be solved.
And no wonder! If businesses actually have to fight for workers (and right now we're not there -- look at the workforce participation rate, it's overwhelmingly high compared to the past), then workers start asking for stuff like higher wages and decent working conditions, and we can't have that.
As I recall, the average pregnancy in a hospital costs something like 20k in the US. In Canada, there is no cost at the point of use unless you want a private room. If you're thinking about being a parent, which one of the two is going to be easier to swallow? That being said, universal healthcare requires competence. The US already spends enough federal money per capita to have universal healthcare using the money collected for medicare and medicaid, but despite having as much money as required, public healthcare in the US is not run competently, so there is no universal healthcare.
That being said, the rest of what you've written is correct. In particular, climate policy requires the earth's population to shrink massively. I came to that conclusion in my 2009 investigation into converting our industries to clean energy which I have reposted here: https://lotide.fbxl.net/posts/6006
One odd thing is that after fighting for a shrinking population, they get a shrinking population, and then they act like a shrinking population is a problem to be solved.
And no wonder! If businesses actually have to fight for workers (and right now we're not there -- look at the workforce participation rate, it's overwhelmingly high compared to the past), then workers start asking for stuff like higher wages and decent working conditions, and we can't have that.
It's well established that when the labor pool shrinks, working conditions improve because employers end up competing for fewer workers. Stuff like the black death or large wars often have worker conditions and wages considerably improve on the other side.
That's why the shrinking worker population is so scary to the powers that be, despite the fact that their other plans essentially require it.
That's why the shrinking worker population is so scary to the powers that be, despite the fact that their other plans essentially require it.
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