I think people arguing against this are missing the point - It is not relevant if the total of the worldwide population is too much, what really matters is that most of Europe is growing older an older due to a variety of factors most of you are aware of - And the ultimate cause that will be felt harshly in the upcoming decades is the difficulty of social security, healthcare and other social aid systems will have to survive and sustain a population with lots of oldies when the younger generations are lower in numbers - Any country and government has a compelling interest in promoting policies that sustain a healthy development and considering the potential for people to live much longer and the social and economic costs it will have, it is inherently rational to increase the youth demographics to avoid catastrophes in the future - A good example of this is the situation in Japan where old people deliberately commit crimes to spend the rest of their lifes in jail - They lack enough younger population and as many of you know their taste and appreciation for immigrants is not very good, so they'll end up having lots of trouble in the future. Whether or not a government should do this or that can only be answered by society's current needs - True, some people DON'T want to have kids, but some people don't want to work either and wish to live on other people's money - We can't force anyone to work, but we can provide benefits for those who do.
OP, I do see your point but I think you need to look from the perspective of Denmark and not the overrall overpopulation - And while it is true that immigrants help, some don't even stay forever and may not be qualified enough for higher paid jobs. A similar situation happens here in Portugal where since the revolution in 1974 people have been having few kids when before they had about 7-8 kids and some people even had 30 kids (people were very poor on average and having lots of kids was a source of income) - The result now is an older country with difficulties supporting social security and retirement pensions - There are experts arguing that my generation may NOT have any pensions because social security will bankrupt if proper measures aren't taken.
OP, I do see your point but I think you need to look from the perspective of Denmark and not the overrall overpopulation - And while it is true that immigrants help, some don't even stay forever and may not be qualified enough for higher paid jobs. A similar situation happens here in Portugal where since the revolution in 1974 people have been having few kids when before they had about 7-8 kids and some people even had 30 kids (people were very poor on average and having lots of kids was a source of income) - The result now is an older country with difficulties supporting social security and retirement pensions - There are experts arguing that my generation may NOT have any pensions because social security will bankrupt if proper measures aren't taken.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
