America’s long term economic prosperity tied to pro-life policiesJoel Kotkin has a post at the Wall Street Journal titled: The Kids Will Be Alright: The coming U.S. population boom will bring new economic vitality; the resurgence of Fargo Cotkin begins: “America’s population growth makes it a notable outlier among the advanced industrialized countries. The country boasts a fertility rate 50% higher than that of Russia, Germany or Japan and well above that of China, Italy, Singapore, North Korea and virtually all of eastern Europe. Add to that the even greater impact of continued large-scale immigration to America from around the world. By the year 2050, the U.S. population will swell by roughly 100 million, and the country’s demographic vitality will drive its economic resilience in the coming decades. This places the U.S. in a radically different position from that of its historic competitors . . . “
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