To the other topic, I’m definitely in favor of making our immigration policies more PRO immigrants with college degrees (and higher) and in possession of needed skills (high tech, biotech). This is more of a “blue collar recession”. I’m not sure we need more maids, construction laborers and tow truck drivers right now. Certainly we do need some people to fill those jobs. But there IS a shortage of software engineers and a 4% unemployment rate in high tech vs. an overall 9% unemployment rate.
I think the Government should also incentivize wealthier & more highly educated people to have more kids. We don’t need more uneducated people living on section 8 having more and more kids. I know a lot of people with money in the bank & good jobs that are having NO kids! We need more of those types to reproduce. That is our next generation we are talking about.