we have already brought enough people here to bludge on Government. They remain uncontent and only Labour wins by gaining a few more votes. Plenty of food, water and space for those wanting to contribute. Hasn't anyone been to Singapore or Israel. If they had they would stop all this overpopulation selfishness.

Arjay,

Just a case in point regarding India.

In a bid to encourage large scale crop growing by peasant farmers, electricity was provided free so that the pumps could work through the night - and along with the pesticides and fertilizers fuel bumper crops.
Aside from the fact that peasant farmers were lured into giant debt to pay for pumps, fertilizers and pesticides....the water is "disappearing" and the soil is degraded.

That's the free market at work, not the Greens or whomever.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/india_water.html

Poirot, please do tell, how you can suggest that government interference if farming systems, by providing free electricity is, & I quote, "that's the free market at work, not the Greens or whomever".

I do find it strange that those who believe in government in every facet of our lives can suddenly find a "Free market" at work when government interference fails as it usually does.

Well done John, though Ajay has brought the stupid.

Hasbeen

Successive Indian governments are obligated to observe agreements with the WTO, the World Bank and the IMF.

These organisations promote and orchestrate free trade in a globalised world.

Mmmmm.. our death rates double in the next 25 years and our natural growth may drop to zero or even negative. 1/3 of our growth is our demographic momentum, or more people living longer. I am not suggesting that population growth is a good or a bad thing, however understanding the actual data may help. As people age, they reject change and this nation, like many others, is ageing for the first time in history. People vote till they die, which is stange really considering we do not let kids under 18 vote, yet we still accept the vote of the 4300 people over the age of 100 now in Australia.