Re: Midrange Jobs National Discussion

[Alan- <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe!

Redistribution of wealth is a productivity killer. But all other things 
being equal, population size and even population density provides higher 
standards of living per person. All other things being equal.

"If one can chase a thousand, then two can put ten thousand to flight". 
"Two are better than one".  In some ways this is a good thing, because 
small countries cannot build submarines or battleships, but then neither 
can they build supertankers or jumbo jets (some would also call that 
good). Just for example.

Europe is undergoing a population implosion crisis. Some German towns 
are in danger of becoming ghost towns.

China is becoming a world-class powerhouse precisely building on its 
population, but mixed with a measure of capitalism.

The biggest problem for the U.S. is like Warren Buffet said. The United 
States is "exporting its economy". I've been using the same words since 
around 1990. You can't do that and maintain your production in real terms.

These things encourage economies and job growth: (1)Free market economy 
principles, (2)a population with a general minimum of a stable culture 
and a minimum of "goodness" in Toqueville's sense of the word, 
(3)_honest political leadership that has its own citizens at heart, 
these are incubators of success, and (4)_stable technology.

The facts put the lie to the Erdmans of the 1960's who told us that 
without drastic controls over population growth, mass starvation would 
kill off the majority of the world's people by 1980, unless it took 
drastic measures. Surprise, we're still here. And some of the worst 
wars, before that straw man argument comes up, have happened in places 
that otherwise were not the poorest or starvingest. Like Rwanda-Burundi 
was one of the most prosperous countries in all of Africa!

India had a green revolution, Kenya raced to encourage good agricultural 
practices under good leadership, South Korea began investing and Japan 
continued to save, save, save, and all these countries with big 
population densities are pushing up fast toward European standards. 
India is having another revolution, and China is racing ahead.

George Malthus was a man who loved tyrrany and he has been proven wrong 
in every generation since.

What makes for prosperity, and jobs growth, are an educated populace, 
generally good moral character, a concerned citizenry, technology, an 
appreciation for the importance of maintaining a local minimum 
infrastructure of agriculture and industry ("hard goods"), free 
enterprise encouragement, and now information, these are the things that 
make for prosperity and jobs.

Alan