Mission

 

FSP believes:
Too many decisions about land use – rezoning, highway funding, expanded airports – have been made by growth-intoxicated leaders based on the assumption that all growth is good and that business interests and profits take priority over healthy reefs, fisheries, clean water and clean air.

FSP believes:
An aggressive and persistent citizenry must insist our state and federal leaders recognize and deal with the cause of Florida's unsustainable growth and consumption – TOO MANY PEOPLE! We do this by writing letters, making phone calls and talking to our friends and acquaintances. Every newspaper and every elected official needs to hear the message again and again until indifference is overcome.

FSP believes:
Florida's population can and must be stabilized to secure a decent quality of life that is economically viable for all our citizens. Water shortages, overcrowded schools and roads, spiraling taxes and skyrocketing energy demands cannot be overcome by technological fixes when Florida's 19 million residents in 2013 are projected to grow to 20 million by 2015 according to the U.F. Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

FSP believes:
Florida's population growth cannot be stemmed without putting a lid on U.S. population growth. The U.S. added over three million people each year in the decade of the 1990's, 33 million in just ten years. Analysis of the components of U.S. growth indicates that over 80% of population growth is attributed to immigrants and the first-born generation to those immigrants. We must move quickly to develop a national population policy based on living within our resource base and that policy must include a significant reduction in immigration numbers.

FSP believes:
Legal immigrants cannot be faulted for seeking a better life for themselves and their families. A controlled number of immigrants based on traditional levels of immigration has been put out of kilter since the changes enacted by Congress in 1965. This must be rectified. And, we believe illegal immigrants should not be permitted to enter our country and should not be rewarded by amnesties to legitimize their status.