Thanks, Symbo! Yes, #2 will eventually trigger #1.
Hey, that won't be so difficult. We already have "Homeland Security"--just ratchet that up a few notches and we'll HAVE #1.
It seems to me that most of the population "problem" arises from unintended births. A possible "solution" would be to "vaccinate" a certain proportion of pre-pubescent girls and boys so that they would be unable to procreate without a second medical procedure to counter the vaccination. When one of these children became an adult and wished to procreate, then a "jury" of their peers, informed by a small state-appointed committee of experts, would choose whether or not to permit procreation.
Would this be popular? Not on your life! Not in a New York minute!