I never said that so-called entitlements are the sole source of US financial woes. Big Government is always in bed with Big Business, because a powerful intrusive state can more easily direct funds and favors to cronies and large enterprises, while the 'little guys' get screwed. Nevertheless everyone knows that entitlements are by far the largest part of the federal budget and swelling the ranks of recipients doesn't help in the least.
You might not be aware that many local governments, usually the most politically progressive, require private home developers to perform extensive impact studies to show that the local infrastructure and environment can support the proposed population increase that a housing development will bring. Growth is good, but not unrestricted growth. Illegal immigration is unrestricted and makes huge demands local communities who are unprepared and incapable of adjusting. But when it comes to national immigration policy those same progressives abandon the approach they know makes sense locally.
The USA did and still could accept large immigrant populations. During those periods of mass immigration, the industrial revolution was in full swing and the growing economy could easily absorb legal immigrants who wanted to settle in and become Americans. Prior immigrant groups may have retained their cultures of origin (a good thing) but they did not try to retain their national allegiances (which would have been a bad thing). But that is what is happening today. Some immigrant groups want all the benefits of the US economy, but still want to retain national allegiances.
You might not be aware that many local governments, usually the most politically progressive, require private home developers to perform extensive impact studies to show that the local infrastructure and environment can support the proposed population increase that a housing development will bring. Growth is good, but not unrestricted growth. Illegal immigration is unrestricted and makes huge demands local communities who are unprepared and incapable of adjusting. But when it comes to national immigration policy those same progressives abandon the approach they know makes sense locally.
The USA did and still could accept large immigrant populations. During those periods of mass immigration, the industrial revolution was in full swing and the growing economy could easily absorb legal immigrants who wanted to settle in and become Americans. Prior immigrant groups may have retained their cultures of origin (a good thing) but they did not try to retain their national allegiances (which would have been a bad thing). But that is what is happening today. Some immigrant groups want all the benefits of the US economy, but still want to retain national allegiances.
