Originally posted by Al G
| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
OK, where to start? The original post seems to contend that if our country doesn't experience population growth the U.S. will sputter and die? If
immigration were to be halted, how long would it then take for our population to get to where it was in 1969? I believe that was just about the point
where our population centers were rapidly spilling over into the countryside tearing up farms to make room for yet more housing and strip malls and
such. I wouldn't be totally against letting our population lower to the level of 1969 for a better quality of life instead of how crowded things seem
today.
As for economics, our Social Security taxes that actually goes toward supporting the older folks is not that big of a chunk of our incomes especially
if you omit the more nutty of Social Security's outlays. Also, it is dwarfed by what we are to pay for national security.
We could contribute a larger portion of our incomes to pay for a larger percentage of a retired population without too much real economic duress if we
decided that's what we want to do. Anyway, the old timers will die off eventually, and the fewer members of future generation's population sans the
growth due to immigrants will result in a moderation of the young/old ratio in the future.
So, the question is, what kind of America would you want your grandchildren to inherit? I do enjoy American culture; and while it will evolve due to
influences from around the globe - and that's a good thing, I would rather not see a single entity - Mexico - hijack it so thoroughly.
Downsizing seems to work for corporations, so why should it seem so automatically bad for the U.S. in general?
My proposal: Cease immigration into the U.S. until we reach a targeted, lowered level, and then, and only then, offer a limited level of immigration,
and it should be rationed fairly to all the immigration candidates around the whole world without domination from a single entity so that our targeted
population level is maintained. And this should occur only if necessary.
And one last thing, I hate to hear all this bullcorn about how we can't change something just because it has started. We can change it - and we must.
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Packoderm...Please remove your post...this thread is not meant to allow you, your liberal agenda. Your graph is totally inaccurate and you are trying
to cover up for the Democrats voting themselves enormous retirement packages and blame it on our Militery....few of which retire and suck the
Government dry.
His pie chart is from:War Resisters League program
This has nothing to do with legal/illegal immigrations or our country need for them |
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