The Rockefeller Commission once warned that if the United States grew to over 300 million people, the quality of life that the population once knew would be gravely threatened — health care in particular. <\/p>\n
The population of the United States is currently well over 320 million. Three hundred million people lived in the country in 2006, and today it continues to grow, boosted by high immigration rates supposedly aimed at contributing to big business coffers. However, higher rates of immigration are a flashpoint for many who believe these higher levels are not economically beneficial. <\/p>\n
The Center for Immigration Studies has stridently discounted possible positive gains of immigration. The center relies on census data from 2010 and 2011 and suggests that immigration has created a sizeable low-income population who remain in poverty for the duration of their residence, make use of the welfare system and lack insurance, driving them to use medical (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rockefeller Commission once warned that if the United States grew to over 300 million people, the quality of life that the population once knew would be gravely threatened — health care in particular. The population of the United States…<\/span><\/p>\n