Why Does no Politician Address Overpopulation?

[nanook12]

Overpopulation would definitely result in major competition for jobs, wage stagnation as there would be an abundance of cheap labor, and accordingly would spike inequality levels really high. Overpopulation could be the real cause of Americas woes, yet no one is addressing it.

[Revi]

More people = more jobs created. You don't reach a point where you can't create more jobs despite more people being born.

[Anonymous1038853]

We just haven't invented a reliable suicide booth yet. Once that happens, the problem will take care of itself.

I thought Stop-N-Drop has been producing them since 2008.

[Deleted]

should people be floated or what? #hundrednonsense

[zlygork]

What would you propose? Everything that comes to mind would cause tremendous moral backlash (killing people? neutering them? Child limit per family/capita?) warmongers like trump have better things to feed off, such as ignorance and fear of others, whereas others such as Sanders try to appeal to the people's sense of responsability towards others/ political correctness, etc.

In other words: No politician would get any profit from it

[Keyblader]

No one wants to be the guy to say "Look, we have too many people here, and we're gonna have to make room..... and some of you aren't gonna make it. Just sayin!"

[RobertMugabe]

Overpopulation would definitely result in major competition for jobs, wage stagnation as there would be an abundance of cheap labor, and accordingly would spike inequality levels really high. Overpopulation could be the real cause of Americas woes, yet no one is addressing it.

Beacuse it's not a problem atm in the western world, it's actually the opposite

[TITAN308]

We just haven't invented a reliable suicide booth yet. Once that happens, the problem will take care of itself.

We use to have all kinds of ways of nature assisting us in population control.

Then places like California demanded things like putting "do not drink" on bottles of bleach and its just been downhill ever since.

[Underverse]

Because it's not really a concern.

[PC2]

Because it's only recently that the population has become an important issue.

Breeders are hurting our environment and we will definitely need to work on solutions in the next decade.

A sustainable 2.1 fertility rate would be ideal.

[RobertMugabe]

Many european countries are actually giving families more and more Money + they give them some Advantages, so that they can have (more) children easier

[nanook12]

More people = more jobs created. You don't reach a point where you can't create more jobs despite more people being born.

I see this logic often. The problem with it is that is assumes demand and jobs increase as a one to one ratio. For example, the demand 100 new immigrants let into the country would create 100 new jobs. Maybe fail to see that 100 new immigrants may only produce 50 new jobs, so there is actually a net loss of jobs per person. This avenue seems more reasonable because employers will push the employees they have much harder before they hire a new person in order to maximize their profit.

[Deleted]

the Western World has no overpopulation problem

China and India do

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I see this logic often. The problem with it is that is assumes demand and jobs increase as a one to one ratio. For example, the demand 100 new immigrants let into the country would create 100 new jobs. Maybe fail to see that 100 new immigrants may only produce 50 new jobs, so there is actually a net loss of jobs per person. This avenue seems more reasonable because employers will push the employees they have much harder before they hire a new person in order to maximise their profit.

It's not wrong, Overpopulation isn't an issue and it isn't hurting jobs. Only reason employment is an issue is because it's almost not worth it. Need to be on welfare AND a job just to pay bills.

[Zogarth]

It has been addressed. Chinese government anyone?

[slime]

Overpopulation would definitely result in major competition for jobs, wage stagnation as there would be an abundance of cheap labor, and accordingly would spike inequality levels really high. Overpopulation could be the real cause of Americas woes, yet no one is addressing it.

Because China and India?

[Azadina]

Overpopulation would definitely result in major competition for jobs, wage stagnation as there would be an abundance of cheap labor, and accordingly would spike inequality levels really high. Overpopulation could be the real cause of Americas woes, yet no one is addressing it.

Those who are supposed to address it, profit from the cheap labor. The more people you have looking for job, the less you can pay them, because some will be desperate enough to accept the terms they get thrown at, no matter how bad. In other words, it's not in the interest of the elite to do anything about it, they are using it for their own profit.

[Nanaboostme]

Nixon was the first US President to address this.

[Skulltaker]

Because if politicians made people aware that our way of life is doomed to end in a 100 years people would freak out.

More people = more jobs created. You don't reach a point where you can't create more jobs despite more people being born.

But you cannot grow indefinatly more food.

the Western World has no overpopulation problem

China and India do

And once we threaten to not sell them any more food, what do you think they will do?

[GennGreymane]

Western countries dont have an over population issue. Its the developing world that does. Many first world countries have the opposite issue.