What will America be like in 50 years?

What will America be like in 50 years? According to the research report "The Next America" submitted by Pew Research Center:

White people only make up 43% of the total population and are the largest minority. There are as many elderly people over 85 as there are children under 5.

The intergenerational gap caused by ethnic diversity and population aging will have a great impact on American politics, family, welfare and social values.

The huge immigrant army has changed the national structure of the United States. 1960, 85% of the American population is white. In 20 10, it has dropped to 64%, and after 50 years, the number of whites has decreased to less than half of the total population.

The direct consequence of ethnic diversity is the prevalence of intermarriage, which gradually blurs ethnic boundaries.

Politically, it is more inclined to liberalization, and the political "intergenerational gap" between free young people and conservative old people is more prominent. The same is true on controversial social issues such as homosexuality and legalization of marijuana.

The change of population structure has brought great challenges to the United States, especially in social security, medical care and other welfare projects. How to keep faith with the elderly and prevent the young from going bankrupt is difficult to achieve.

American welfare spending will soon exceed half of the federal budget, which will continue to increase and squeeze future investment in education, research and infrastructure, which will help create a more American future for millennials and their descendants.

Therefore, 50 years later, one of the biggest challenges facing the United States at present is how to reform the welfare system so that it will not collapse and ensure that the existing welfare enjoyed by Americans will not go backwards. This is a socio-economic issue as well as a political issue.