ELi5 Why is population decline a problem

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If we are running out of resources and increasing pollution does a smaller population not help with this? As a species we have shrunk in numbers before and clearly increased again. Really keen to understand more about this.

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It’s a problem for the government because they already spend more than they take in and with fewer taxpayers they will take in even less money. It’s especially bad for programs like social security. The money isn’t invested anywhere they take it out of income and right now it takes 2.7 workers to pay for one retiree, with more people retiring and less working that number will go up.

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