Problems Of Population Overpopulation

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It is no secret that the human population on Earth has recently reached over seven-billion. As astounding as this number is, it is also something rather scary. With a growing population we risk scarcity of food, of water, of land, and of many other vital resources. Although this issue that not appear truly important to many people as their primary focus tends to be on money and the economy it is important to realize that our population plays a heavy role in the economy. Albeit the demand for goods and services goes up with the population, thanks to modern technology employment rates are suffering. Overall the overpopulation of the human race is becoming a major problem, a problem that requires a proper solution. It is my belief that in order…show more content…
I propose we develop a poison and antidote pair. The antidote would be administered to the individuals that had adequately passed the given exams along with their close families. After that the developed poison could be spread through food or waterways, whichever proved safest for the environment. Once the poison was spread only those who had been given the antidote would live. Once all that had been taken care people can be redistributed equally across all countries. In doing this we can achieve a higher average level of intelligence and eliminate problems such as lack of space and food. It is also likely that in decreasing the population we can lower unemployment rate as less people will be around and therefore out of jobs, the supply and demand of good should likely even out at this point. If even only twenty percent of the original population is subtracted from the total, though a higher percentage is more likely, the numbers will drop significantly. This will be especially true in lesser countries where many people may already be living in terrible conditions, whether it be due to space or food or…show more content…
In order to guarantee that the people left alive will neither overpopulate the planet again or leave us underpopulated steps must me taken to guarantee the production of offspring. I suggest a universal tax break be made. This break would be available to families for having children, for each child a certain percent of their taxes would be lowered. At the same time though after reaching a limit of children, I propose one for three children, they tax break would become counter productive. By this I mean that the fourth child and any beyond would increase their taxes again until they balanced out at the original amount or exceeded it. As money tends to be a primary concern for people, no matter the time, this possible tax break would encourage couples to have children at a rate at which it wouldn't endanger us or the

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