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Nonetheless, if just the states east of the Mississippi had European-style population density, and the other states maintained current population, then the United States would still have more than 400 million people."
If the USA grew by 5% each year, it would only take 23 years to have a billion people. We could do many things that would allow us to grow by 5% per year.
If we grew by 5% each year, it would only take 23 years to have a billion people. We currently have 330 million. After 1 year we would have 347, then, 364, 382, 401, 421, 442, 464, 488, 512, 538, 564, 593, 622, 653, 686, 720, 756, 794, 834, 876, 919, 965, then 1,014 (or 1 billion people).
If we helped Americans have the number of kids they say they want, with pro-family culture and legislation, and allowed more immigration and refugees, we could have a 5% increase per year.
Deregulation of the housing industry would increase freedom, unleash the market, and help Americans house a Billion citizens.
Removing height limits for condos and new apartment buildings would allow Americans to support more people with the same amount of land.
Allowing higher housing density is a "free-market" and "freedom to the people" issue. City regulators don't know better than the market what people want, and we can't say we are free if the government regulates everything too much.
Allowing us to build higher-density housing will lower home costs, help young families, fight sprawl, and improve transportation.
Living in a seven-story apartment with an elevator isn't much worse than a two-story apartment building.
Allowing apartments in popular growing cities might slow the price growth of your home, but preventing growth so you can get richer hurts those trying to start a family, kills the American dream, hurts the environment, and makes us weaker as a nation.
Not everyone wants to live in seven-story apartments. Still, an acceptable trade-off for many people is a seven-story apartment with an elevator and amenities. This choice is because a denser community allows for shorter commutes to work, school, walking distance to things to do, and more people. You might not want to live in a dense environment, but still, let people vote with their feet.
The world won't NEED American food exports. Agricultural yields are far lower in the developing world today than in the United States but will increase with technology adoption.
The USA exports 25% of the food they grow now. That means we could feed 82 million more Americans right now without changing a thing. However, technology will likely improve output, diets can be less harmful to land and water use, and we could use much more land to produce food. That means we could feed more than 411 million people in total merely by consuming locally what we now export.
We don't grow all the food we can or feed people efficiently. Vertical farming, hydroponics, genetics, and automation promise to make agriculture more efficient. We could also feed more people with less land and water. If the land were getting scarce, the price of meat would go up, and we would have to eat less. However, this isn't even a genuine concern.
The world won't NEED American food exports. Agricultural yields are far lower in the developing world today than in the United States but will increase with technology adoption.
Action Now: If America doesn't increase its population now, we will regret it. It will be better for us to integrate many people into our society now, while we have a head start over our rivals. Once China is more powerful than us, it will be riskier for us to do the difficult work of integrating immigrants into our society.
Once China is more powerful and wealthier than us, we can't be sure people will still want to immigrate to America. Once China and India become wealthier, fewer people will want to live here.
It takes a while for immigrants to become integrated into a new society. Every new immigrant wave to America has struggled. Irish, Polish, and Italians lived through high crime, disfunction, and discrimination when they first immigrated to America. We should get that over now, while we still have a comfortable lead over China and India.
American Purpose: Gaining and integrating more citizens than China could give America a noble shared sense of purpose.
The growth of China and India leads to the relative decline of America as a great power and threatens our position as the number one state in the not-to-distant future.
Unlike China (and Russia), which brutalizes and dominates its citizens and threatens the territorial borders of its neighbors (Taiwan, Tibet, Georgia, and Ukraine), we could gain power by accepting citizens that voluntarily move to America for freedom and opportunities.
American Power: If America wants to continue to be the world's global superpower and compete with China, India, and Russia, we will need more citizens.
America will need more citizens to remain relevant on the future world stage.
In the future, country's power will be proportional to their populations, and America shouldn't have to accept becoming less relevant to larger countries. But America can't just stay ahead because we are "better." We can be more efficient than China, but if they continue to have three times our population, it is unlikely to believe that we will be three times more efficient than them.
Countries learn to copy what is working in other countries. The developing world tends to catch up—richer countries have not recently grown as fast as poorer ones. We shouldn't have a policy that requires these trends to change.
America is not run as efficiently as other countries. We are not solving easily solvable problems effectively. However, we are still an attractive place to live because we value freedom. China may be solving problems more efficiently than us, and their kids are doing better on standardized scores than we are. However, we are still a more desirable place. Therefore, if we want to stay relevant, we will probably have to get just as big as they are.
America could increase its population to 1 billion citizens.
Taking over adjacent countries is all evil. Russia was like Hitler to invade and conquer George and try to take over Ukraine. China was similarly evil when they took over Tibet. They are also not respecting promises made to Hong Kong. They are also evil to threaten violence to take over Taiwan. In addition to being evil, it is stupid. A more effective way to become more powerful is to become a desirable place to live, be open to outsiders, and let people move to your prosperous country.
Competition: We will need as many people as China and India to compete with them long-term.
The only chance we have of becoming more powerful than China and India is to stay a desirable place to live, be open to outsiders, and let people move to our free and prosperous country.
Using violence to take over unwilling free countries requires unsustainable levels of control, builds hatred, creates short-lived, violently opposed governments.
China was evil when they took over Tibet. They are also wrong not to respect promises made to Hong Kong. They are also evil to threaten violence to take over Taiwan.
Like Hitler, Russia was evil to invade and conquer Georgia and try to take over Ukraine.
America could increase its population to 1 billion citizens.
Suppose China and Russia keep threatening their neighbors (Ukraine, George, Syria, Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghurs, South Korea) and abusing their citizens. In that case, we shouldn't have any shortage of hard-working, freedom-loving immigrants.
A declining would power with a chip on its shoulder: Americans will be less easy to manipulate with rage and resentment if China becomes more prosperous, but we remain more powerful. The only way to remain more powerful is if our population increases.
Natural resources are a part of a country's wealth, but countries have wealth from more than just natural resources. These companies are started, people. They require workers. The more people you have, the more companies and workers you have. Every person in your country who is working contributes to your country's strength.
Apple is the largest company. They do not make money by selling American natural resources to other countries. They design products and use natural resources from all over the world. The money that Apple brings to America has nothing to do with American resources.
There is no reason to fear greater immigration. The only way that we can compete with
We can only compete with China by staying a desirable place to live, being open to outsiders, and letting people move to our free and prosperous country. We won't have a chance until our population is as large as theirs. It won't even be a fair competition between different approaches to human rights or economic philosophies. They will just bury us because they are so much bigger.
Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.
"We need to make America more attractive for legal immigrants -- for citizens -- and less attractive for illegal immigrants. I want to see more immigration in our country, but more legal immigration and less illegal immigration."
“The voters have spoken loud and clear on the issue of bilingual education. We need to respect the wishes of the people of Massachusetts and recognize that immersion creates a level playing field in our classrooms that allows non-English speakers to succeed,” Romney said.
“For generations of immigrants, learning English has been the key to unlocking the American Dream,” said Romney. “My proposal will give thousands more the opportunity to achieve success for themselves and their families.”
“The scope of our nation’s illegal immigration problem requires us to pursue and implement new solutions wherever possible. State Troopers are highly trained professionals who are prepared to assist the federal government in apprehending immigration violators without disrupting their normal law enforcement routines.”
"It's one more thing you can do to make this a less attractive place for illegal aliens to come to work."
Governor Mitt Romney, “Romney Wants State Troopers to Arrest Illegals”, 06-21-2006, Yvonne Abraham & Scott Helman, The Boston Globe
"The current system puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders...and increase legal immigration into America."
Governor Mitt Romney
"There's only one condition on getting your Ph.D. here in the U.S. and that is: You leave as soon as you get it," he told New Hampshire Republicans gathered for their annual convention. "Let me tell you, you get a Ph.D. here in one of our great institutions, I want you to stay. . . . It makes no sense that we put up a big concrete wall against those who have education and skills but our doors have been wide open to people that have neither."
Governor Mitt Romney
"Immigration has been an important part of our nation’s success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.
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"The current system puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders...and increase legal immigration into America."
Governor Mitt Romney
Gov. Mitt Romney visits Columbia, South Carolina and speaks on immigration and more at local dinner
Romney vetoed a bill in 2004 that would have allowed illegal immigrants to obtain in-state tuition rates at state colleges if they graduated from a Massachusetts high school after attending it for at least three years and signed an affidavit affirming that they intended to seek citizenship. Romney vowed to veto the bill again if it ever made it to his desk, arguing that the bill would cost the state government $15 million and that the state should not reward illegal immigration. In 2005, the bill was reintroduced to the House, backed by Representative Marie St. Fleur. The in-state immigrant tuition bill was brought to another vote on January 11, 2006 and was overwhelmingly defeated by a total of 96-57 . Romney applauded the decision.
We need:
Strong border and internal enforcement and security;
An enhanced, fair and workable employee verification system that eliminates the burden and uncertainty of the current workplace enforcement system;
A temporary worker program that enables willing foreign workers to be matched with participating employers to meet increasing workforce needs;
Provisions that will allow undocumented workers to earn legal status so that they can continue to remain in the workforce.
An enthusiastic supporter of legal immigration, Mr. Romney not only opposes illegal immigration, but he told National Review that he is also "against an amnesty and against anything that provides an incentive for people to come here illegally." - http://washtimes.com/op-ed/20060314-095241-8553r.htm
Einstein said, “You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.” Similarly, we won’t improve our country until we improve our level of public debate. On these pages I outline how we can automate conflict resolution and cost-benefit analysis and solve our problems at a level higher than how they were caused.
To start, we will break our problems down into their sub-components, including beliefs, supporting, and weakening evidence, and arguments. This will allow thousands or millions of us to evaluate each part of an argument and evidence one at a time. We will group beliefs by topic and sort them by their positivity, strength, and level of specificity. This will prevent duplication and allow us to focus on one issue at a time.
The Idea Stock Exchange (ISE) proposes a groundbreaking framework for tackling complex issues, resolving conflicts, and fostering informed decision-making. Here's a detailed breakdown of its key features:
Evidence-driven: Prioritizes verifiable data and logical reasoning, ensuring well-informed conclusions.
Dynamic Ranking System: Inspired by Google's PageRank, it evaluates arguments based on the strength of their evidence, dynamically adjusting as new information emerges.
2. Multi-faceted Evaluation Metrics:
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Assesses proposed solutions by examining potential costs, benefits, likelihoods, and impact.
Argumentative Strength Assessment: Categorizes arguments based on logical consistency, evidence, relevance, and significance.
Maslow's Hierarchy Integration: Aligns the evaluation with fundamental human needs for a broader perspective.
3. Sophisticated Scoring and Ranking Protocols:
Precision Scoring Formula: Combines argument scores with evidence assessments to determine argument validity.
Evidence-Based Ranking System: Leverages algorithms to rank solutions based on predicted costs and benefits, with dynamic updates based on new information.
4. Uniqueness and Redundancy Scores:
Equivalency Score: Identifies similar arguments using semantic similarity metrics and machine learning, coupled with community feedback, to reduce redundancy and develop unique scores.
"Better Ways of Saying the Same Thing": Helps users find alternative expressions of the same idea, enhancing clarity and reducing duplication.
5. Logical Fallacy and Argument Evaluation:
Fallacy Detection: Implements algorithms to identify and flag potentially fallacious arguments, promoting rational discourse.
User-Contributed Evidence Assessment: Allows the community to contribute evidence supporting or weakening arguments for collaborative verification.
6. Technological Integration and User Interaction:
Database Tools: Proposes building tools to map conclusions, assumptions, and their relationships for deeper understanding.
Interactive Interface: Users can actively participate by submitting evidence, voting on argument strength, and suggesting alternative viewpoints.
7. Promoting Quality Debate:
Separating Argument Types: Distinguishes between truth, importance, and relevance arguments for a more nuanced debate structure.
Encouraging Constructive Dialogue: Aims to shift focus from emotional responses to evidence-based reasoning, fostering meaningful discourse over sensationalism.
8. Community-Driven Evolution:
Open-Source Development: Encourages community involvement in refining and evolving the platform, ensuring its adaptability and relevance.
Additional Considerations:
Data Quality and Bias: Implementing robust measures to ensure data accuracy and mitigate potential biases in algorithms and user contributions.
Transparency and Explainability: Providing clear explanations of scoring methods and decision-making processes to build trust and understanding.
User Engagement and Education: Fostering active participation and educating users on the platform's functionalities and responsible use.
We are a political party that organizes all the ideas and arguments by subject, and lets them battle in a survival of the fittest death-match.
We are a political party that supports candidates that promises to make their decisions based on online cost benefit and idea evaluation algorithms. They just have to use a forum that ties the strength of their conclusion to the strength of their assumption, so that when you strengthen or weaken an assumption you also strengthen or weaken conclusions based on the assumption.
We have had the technological ability to create a world based on logic for too long. It is about time we build a rational political party based on the assumption that we support plans, conclusions, activities, and policies that can gather evidence based support, and that we don't do things that don't stand up to analysis.
We will conduct open, online, cost/benefit analysis of each issue. It is about time.
Welcome to the website for the best political party of all time, and the future of reason based decisions making.
"No concept you form is valid unless you integrate it without contradiction into the sum of human knowledge."
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