“Well, the caterer just told me there are another 30 potential wedding crashers walking through the parking lot and they not only expect to enter the building, they expect to stay for the entire reception. What should we do Stella?”

“I don’t know Sam. The thought never occurred to me. I never imagined strangers would just show up and crash the reception. I don’t know if we have enough supplies to take care of them. I don’t know how they even knew the reception was scheduled for today.”

“The security guy said he overheard some of the crashers calling their friends and telling them there was a great party taking place and they should come and join in on the fun; have all they can eat and drink,” Sam groaned. “He is trying to guard the wedding presents, but that may not be an easy task.”

“There will be more than 350 here at the reception when we really only had the money and room to handle 250 wedding guests,” Stella lamented. “I had to borrow money from that Chinese couple we know to pay for this. We don’t have the income or savings to pay them back. How did this happen? What should we do? I don’t have a solution.”

Meanwhile, the world population is growing at an even greater rate. The world population was 2.556 billion in 1950. It grew to 6.082billion in 2000, and almost tripled to 7.293 billion in 2015. Most estimate the world population to reach 9.4 billion people by the year 2050. US population was 6.2 percent of world population in 1950. It decreased to 4.7 percent in the year 2000 and now is 4.4 percent. Nonetheless, this does not bode well for America.

The US population reached 250 million in 1990, a number most thought was the absolute limit the country could afford, and absorb. Are the additional 75 million in the past 25 years stretching the limit? or is the population number limitless? Can we feed, clothe, house and keep another 30 million people safe?

While no reasonable person would deny the right of someone to be born, and live in America, the country does have a responsibility to provide an exceptional learning environment plus a stable economic opportunity to earn an excellent wage. The youth of America need an exceptional country to develop their many talents. The increasing national debt and decreasing student test scores are just two indicators that confirm America is not heading in the right direction to provide the type of country required for our youth to flourish.