Re: Come to America, #1, migrants!

Maarten Andriessen wrote:
> Add to the list:
>
> - Most electricity use per-capita.
> - Most gasoline use per-capita.
> - Most cars as well by the way ;)
> - America also owns the most IP addresses and ain't giving em up to help out
> Asia.

IPv6.

> I'm just waiting for someone to blame it all on illegal immigrants, of
> which - I think - the U.S. has the most of as well ;)

Many of those "has the most of" negatives are the result of the size of 
the nation in hectares, as well as the size of the nation in terms of 
population as well as economic strength.

America is also, per capita, the most productive nation.

Interestingly, productivity in agriculture declines in proportion to the 
percentage of farmers replacing expensive but very-efficient equipment 
with inexpensive, but not very efficient at all, illegals.

See also the history of the effects of Cyrus McCormick's "mechanical 
harvester" which could do the work of ten men, the first "labor saving 
device". And a clue, "labor saving" doesn't mean "enabling laziness", it 
means "compensation for a shortage of workers".

See also the general history of the US and territories in the mid-19th 
century.




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