Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:53:34 GMT, in a place far, far away, Dick
Morris made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

No one is *immigrating* into Earth. AIUI, the issue is world P, not US P.

The US is not overpopulated by any stretch of imagination.

Neither is overpopulated. They're both just badly governed.

Bad government can certainly exacerbate population problems.
Unfortunately, bad policies are widespread and persistent, and until
someone invents a means for guaranteeing good government, we will simply
have to take that into account. Good government policies could increase
carrying capacity limits but they would not remove them. I also have
the feeling that the kind of government that would be required to deal
with a population pushing the limits of sustainability would not be the
kind that you (or I) would consider "good". A libertarian approach to
population may ultimately be self defeating.

You continue to misunderstand that the "limits of sustainability" are
an artifact of bad governance, not an objective natural boundary.

I've always had this problem understanding things that aren't true.
What specific policies do you think we should enact to remove all
Earthly limits to human population growth?