Over the past seventy-five years, the population of the United States has increased by 200 percent, to a staggering three hundred and fourteen million people, according to the Bureau of the United States Census. This growing number represents a series of unfavorable factors that can have major consequences for our country. Harmful elements such as poverty can have spiraling effects on areas such as education and the depletion of natural resources in our ecosystems. Overdevelopment in the United States is a growing problem, as we push the boundaries of safe and calculated demographic stability; America faces shortage problems and a general decline in quality of life due to overdevelopment. One of the most important factors in this topic, where the problems begin, is poverty. American citizens often assert that the lack of social reform has significant effects on all communities and their poverty levels in the United States. This may be true to some extent, but a largely overlooked fact is that exponential growth has occurred to a large extent over the past hundred years, as evidenced by the short-lived industrialization of the United States; Population size is strongly correlated with increases in the cost of living and the poverty line. The corporate form favors the increase in manufacturing industry which has dominated not only our capitalist market but also many foreign markets; compared to service professions which have made little progress in relation to production and technology. These key elements largely affect the number of jobs available and the knowledge required to compete in a competitive job market, while allowing employers to operate with a minimal level of expenses. This disparity of finite jobs creates the separation of classes respectively relating people's ability to middle of paper......n. Many Americans share a common image of not living in a finite world and are accustomed to exponential growth in almost every aspect of that which a developed country would positively attempt to achieve. However, when we compare the United States to other countries around the world in terms of the amount of waste produced each year, we reach the two hundred and thirty-six million ton mark. Even Japan, which ranks third and is half the size of the United States, produces less than fifty-five million tons of waste per year. (Forbes) As we continue to diminish our sources at an alarming rate, people often forget about the treatment and infrastructure needed to manage all of our waste. The sad but inevitable process of destroying forests and conserved lands to make more space for urban life is enormously detrimental not only to the American public but also to foreign companies wishing to do international business in our country..