The last time our population grew more slowly than it did the past decade was the decade following 1930, the slowest rate of growth since the Census Bureau began studying our population in 1790. While the Left may lament this as evidence of a lack of immigration and the Right may claim it proves we have a birthrate problem within our borders, there’s no question that this is a problem much greater than partisan politics.

Most crucially, our slowing population growth threatens to turn our impending national debt into an outright disaster.