(October 14, 2015 at 8:50 am)lkingpinl Wrote: If the countries population is dwindling, maybe they can do more to encourage migration in to their country. If people aren't having kids, that is probably for good reason. They should never be guilted in to having children that they can't afford to have. I'm sure the Denmark government isn't going to be helping take care of those kids or offer financial incentives for having children.
While I see how it is compelling to call for immigrants, the issue here is that immigration may or may not be the best possible solution depending on who the country imports - First, there are seazonal migrants who don't stay there forever and are therefore useless to solve the problems Europe faces, and second most immigrants who do have lots of kids have a tendency to (1) Be less qualified and therefore only useful for low paid jobs that don't discount that much and thus not helpful to sustain social security (2) Have difficulties of integration (see the case with Muslims in Europe).
Moreover, I think saying we should import immigrants solely because of social security is basically objectifying people saying they are only useful because they work and provide money - That shouldn't be how immigrants are brought anywhere.
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