What would be your solution to overpopulation?

Question

What can America do other than heavily penalize the taxpayer for each additional child?

Answer 1

The traditional solutions are war, famine and disease.

Works for me!!

Answer 2

watch the movie Soylent Green & Children of Men

Answer 3

Nothing most the developed world (except Ireland) is in negative growth when it comes to birth rates. Most of the population is ageing so by reducing birthrates further would be catastrophic for the economy.

Answer 4

You don't need a solution, plenty of plagues and disease incurable aliments that are doing it for the population..  Gees people are doing it to themselves.  

Answer 5

There is nothing America can do about overpopulation on a global scale.   As far as overpopulation in America, we can fix that in one generations time.

1)  The US taxpayer will no longer pay for your kids. If you have them, feed them. If you can't feed them , don't have them. If you can't feed them, and have them anyway, they will be taken away from you. No exceptions.

2) There will be NO monies spent on any social programs whatsoever for people who are here illegally.   If you are deported and return, you will be shot.

Answer 6

Just have the government put something in the water that makes everyone sterile.  Then if you want to have a child, you'd have to go through a long and rigorous process and background investigation.

Man, that would solve SO many problems if it could even happen like that.  Think about it:  No accidental pregnancies resulting in abortion, adoption, or even someone killing their baby after birth.  No dead beat dads (except the ones that already exist).