BLOG 02-5

Perhaps one of the most urgent issues facing the United States is that of population. The population of the U.S. (and much of the world) has increased significantly in the last half century. Population grows exponentially, which means that the population will continue to skyrocket in the future if there is no intervention. This creates many problems for our government in the attempts to care for the growing number of people. Problem areas will include health care, social security, and poverty. Social security has been predicted to fail before our generation even retires. This means that the government must develop a new program for senior citizens or else millions of people will fall into poverty. In addition, a new health care system must be adopted in order to accommodate the population increases as well.