[ElProlactin]

> If USA returns to its senses we are going to need tons of tradespeople to build all the stuff we need for the billion Americans

You're missing the /s?

The only thing that has been keeping the US population from declining is immigration, and the US isn't exactly the most welcoming country anymore.

[oblio]

Fairly sure last year was the first year of US population decline in a long time.

[apothegm]

Yes. Because until now it was propped up by immigration — and mostly legal immigration — which has dropped precipitously.