[quote=FlyerInHi]Ca renter., actually without growth, wealth diminishes.
You have to llook at the big picture. You may buy a house and save money and that is your wealth. But unless there is vibrant trade and growth in the economy your wealth slowly shrinks.
Immigrants are essentially invited into developed countries to work and strengthen those economies.
Your POV is xenophobic and reflect what’s happened in Europe. The homogeneous populations have resisted integration of the immigrants. Their politicians talked intergration, but pushed immigrants to the public projects in the suburbs.
Thankfully, economists and academics know what works. And that’s why Germany has reformed and is welcoming new immigrants, mostly from other parts of Europe. Germany still needs to reform citizenship laws for non-EU immigrants.
Thankfully, in America, our policies are more objective and data oriented, more influenced by academics who rely on empirical studies.
You have to ask yourself why immigration works better in America than in Europe. Why is our growth rate higher? Why is it that immigrants thrive in NY, LA, and SF but immigrants London and Paris feel marginalized.
NY is the most diverse city on the planet with 1/2 the population born outside the country. Yeah it’s dominated by the financial establishment. But there is tremendous wealth in small businesses and real estate. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well.
3% annual growth results in a doubling of the economy in about 1/4 century.
Europe better get with the program or they will face impoverishment as their populations age.[/quote]
Flyer,
FWIW, you can have growth without increasing the population.
I’m not at all against immigration — my mother was an immigrant. What I’m against is unchecked immigration from countries/cultures that have attitudes and beliefs that run counter to what we are trying to work toward as a society: a better standard of living for our citizens; cleaner, safer communities; steady or improving education and healthcare for our citizens, etc. You cannot tell me that all immigration is the same, or that all immigrants (or even native citizens…but we’re stuck with those) contribute equally. They do not.
Steady, sustainable growth is good; unchecked population growth without commensurate economic growth is not.
I would also readily add that the subsidies for immigrants are actually subsidies for their employers, since those who employ low-wage, unskilled (usually “undocumented”) immigrants are not paying the full costs for their employees and their resident dependents. That definitely needs to change. I’m all for charging employers for the costs of their employees. There is no reason to expect taxpayers to subsidize their profits.
Be careful about using labels like “racist” and “xenophopic,” because you are diluting the meaning of these terms while trying to assert the “righteousness” of your opinions over others without any basis for your assertions.
