(June 25, 2014 at 10:04 am)Rhythm Wrote: If they're coming -here- for the welfare, even if they were eligible, I'd say it was a wasted trip on their part. On the other hand, even if their reasons for coming weren't well thought out, I'm glad they're here. We need em. We'd be shrinking otherwise. Think of the loss in pop, productivity, etc....
The United States of America does not have a fertility rate strong enough to sustain its population. But I'm not too concerned about productivity loss. Robots will take up the slack. However Medicare and Social security are untenable without a growing population...so yeah...we need them.
