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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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If you don't worship at the alter of economic growth -- then you don't need them. But immigration helps build the overall size of the economy by concentrating talented individuals in first world countries like ours. We get the kind of people we need when we need them from a labor supply perspective.
The more hand wavy shit would be about cultural enrichment and the positive effects of globalization.
Basically, if the economy isn't growing -- rich people aren't happy. In America, they are very good at having the lower classes suffer more from economic downturns than other first world countries. But that is starting to wear thin because it has been so long since the lower orders have seen any growth in real wages. Meanwhile luxary for the rich has skyrocketed.
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I'd be at the top of the pyramid regardless how it was structured. I don't care about that. I passed on values to my children that would allow them to flourish. Investments and constant GDP growth aren't great arguments anymore because automation really is coming. People are more likely to be liabilities as opposed to assets in the future. Our fertility rate is what, 1.8 kids per woman? That's a good pace to decline at. Let all the kids go into nursing to care for the elderly... $15,000 minimum income per annum so that peopl can afford healthcare and education (cut all forms of welfare)
It would work fine. But yeah, I agree that we have to tell Wall Street and Hollywood that they won't call the shots in the future. I'm thinking st some point even corrupt ass holes will realize population growth without decent job opportunities = bad for markets