$0 funding for State Wildlife Grants proposed in FY '11 Continuing Resolution

[Neil Jones]

On 17/02/2011 21:18, Roger Kuhlman wrote:
> Why is it that only now that Obama wants to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund? Something is fishy here methinks.
>
> Our country has a major problem with excessive spending and a huge national debt. The US can't keep on borrowing and spending. It has got to stop since this practice is unsustainable. Frightening facts: over $14 trillion of accumulated federal debt, $1.6 trillion federal deficit for FY2011, expected federal deficits of $1 trillion for the next few years, Unfunded liabilities for Social Security, Medicare, and government pensions $60+ trillion, unknown huge additional liabilities for Medicaid and Obama's new healthcare entitlements.
>
> I would like to know why concerned, major environmental and conservation organizations are not pushing to stop human population growth in America. Human overpopulation is one of the two most powerful drivers of environmental problems but these groups are virtually silent on the issue.
>
> Roger
It is not the size of the population that is so much the problem but the 
consumption per head of population. If everyone on Earth consumed like
the Americans it would take seven Earths to supply the resources.  
Clearly it isn't sustainable.

Neil Jones
neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk



 
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