Imagine 2 billion people.

China has long touted its economic system as better than America's. In other words, a mix of capitalism and socialism. With strong state control over business. Well, it's starting to look like China is right. We're becoming another China. And I'm thinking that ain't so bad. China is far ahead of us. Maybe because of its population. Over 2 billion. Several times more than in the U.S. The Asian mind is more atuned to serving the common good. The collective good. Of all the people. Rather than allowing free rein capitalism and unfettered profits that benefit a relatively few. Our American system has created an ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. To benefit society, China is trying to limit the size of families. Because there are too many people to adequately accommodate everyone. So maybe each family has to be limited to one or two children. Of course, that doesn't seem right to many Americans. A loss of freedom to choose. But hey, what if we had 2 billion Americans? We've got enough problems dealing with only a small fraction of that. Imagine 2 billion people. --Jim Broede