@ragingloli The US is still growing (although, it is at a low rate) and we have over 300million people! Even at a low rate it’s a huge growth number. I don’t know how much of the number is births, and how much immigration.
Maybe the bigger problem is country borders, but that’s too abstract to deal with.
Having to make babies to take care of the elderly is strange to me in a way, but I do understand the reality of it. I have a serious problem with needing young people to pay into the social security system to support the elderly, to me that is a poorly planned system, although I am very much in favor of social security for our retired citizens. Needing people to physically care for the elderly, makes me wince a little. It’s so imperfect. I just got through gathering all the information to have my aunt’s aide arrested for using her credit card without permission.
From what I understand aide agencies go into homeless shelters and recruit aides. Don’t get me wrong, there certainly can be women in their who want to work, who simply hit a bad time, and wind up on the street, but many many people in those shelters have mental illness, and other problems. Part of the problem in America is the low pay for these jobs. Another problem is the extended family being disconnected. I am totally screwed, because I don’t have kids, and either does my sister. I will probably have no one, no family, to help me when I’m older, and believe me I think about it.