Perhaps but I doubt it would be such a reoccurring hot topic.
What if the population differential were shifted and Canada has a 9 times greater population than the US?
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.