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Actually, I think this country is already past saving, so I hate to have all the well-educated people leaving a country I might move to one day.
These immigrants come from less materialistic and entitled countries, but then absorb our values and are damaged by them. Ultimately they don't change our culture for the better, but are changed by it. Let's face it: the US is a country in decline, taken over by the entitled, the materialistic, the politically correct, and the crony capitalists. I really don't want to train the rest of the world to think and act like us. Our media has already done enough damage on a worldwide basis.
You are a bit too late. The Chinese have inherited the American dream, like when it made sense before the left took over.
Economically, we do not necessarily ahve to rely on birth rate being at a certain level. We get an infinite supply of adult immigrants, who find work and pay tax here immediately. There is no baby sitting and waiting for people to grow up to be tax payers. You can get tax revenue NOW by immigration. No child care, no early education investment. It's all done by other countries.
We need not be concerned with low birth rate.
Well where I live its mostly immigrants having children. Well over 50% of the parents of elementary school kids are foreign born.
Immigration definitely helps us, but think about the countries they're coming from. We're essentially taking their best and brightest away from them, meaning these countries have less ability to get ahead themselves. It's not sustainable.
Economically, we do not necessarily ahve to rely on birth rate being at a certain level. We get an infinite supply of adult immigrants, who find work and pay tax here immediately. There is no baby sitting and waiting for people to grow up to be tax payers. You can get tax revenue NOW by immigration. No child care, no early education investment. It's all done by other countries.
We need not be concerned with low birth rate.
Do you really view your children as nothing more than upcoming working immigrants who will work and pay tax here?Kids are a lot more than just future tax payers ,they can also be a lot of fun as they grow up.
It's not much fun to have an adult immigrant on your knee, telling them stories, or tucking them in at night, singing lullabies to them. Then again, they will probably not draw crayon pictures on your walls, or pour all the cereal out on the kitchen floor, looking for the free gift. So, there are pros and cons!
Sorry, I was just intrigued by the thread title...
For some of us the decision to have a child (or not) is not based on providing labor for someone else.
I do agree that we have an immigration problem
Yes, I can honestly say the thought of my kids working at the time they were born never crossed my mind. That never played into our decision to have children!
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Originally Posted by Clark Fork Fantast
It's not much fun to have an adult immigrant on your knee, telling them stories, or tucking them in at night, singing lullabies to them. Then again, they will probably not draw crayon pictures on your walls, or pour all the cereal out on the kitchen floor, looking for the free gift. So, there are pros and cons!
Sorry, I was just intrigued by the thread title...
Thanks...I now have coffee on my monitor. Goodness, what a visual...
Can you imagine the pictures of when you first brought the brand new immigrant home? Or got their first haircut? Oh goodness.....
Economically, we do not necessarily ahve to rely on birth rate being at a certain level. We get an infinite supply of adult immigrants, who find work and pay tax here immediately. There is no baby sitting and waiting for people to grow up to be tax payers. You can get tax revenue NOW by immigration. No child care, no early education investment. It's all done by other countries.
We need not be concerned with low birth rate.
Humans are a little more than just dollar signs.
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So, there are pros and cons!
