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Why a Declining US Population Would Be a Good Thing
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 9) -- In his Monday op-ed column for The Washington Post, Robert J. Samuelson worries about American population decline. Though there's a fertility rate of 2.1, Samuelson worries that the nation's economic policies will push the rate below 2 and America will become more like Italy (1.3) or Japan (1.2). Writes Samuelson: Our society does not -- despite rhetoric to the contrary -- put much value on raising children. Present budget policies punish parents, who are taxed heavily to support the elderly. Meanwhile, tax breaks for children are modest. If deficit reduction aggravates these ...
Teen Sex in America: Is No Change Good or Bad?
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyAbstinence-based sex education remained front and center as a tool of public policy through the past decade, with a particular emphasis on convincing unmarried teenagers to forgo having sex. And that makes the results of a survey recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention particularly interesting. The report is titled "Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2008." It's a follow-up to a series of similar surveys, the last taken in 2002. The focus is on males and females ages ...
Hispanic Power on the Rise
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe US Census Bureau reports that Hispanics are the fastest-growing group in the American population. Their numbers have largely increased due to births within the United States rather than by immigration. In 2000 there were 35.7 million Hispanics living in the U.S. Today, just eight years later, there are 45.5 million. Hispanics now make up 15% of the total U.S. population, and wield ever-increasing power in the political and consumer arenas. According to The Pew Research Center, 57% of Hispanics identify themselves as supporting Democrats. 23% say they favor Republican candidates. Pew also ...
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