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In what way is importing workers "defraying the issue"? Also, why would the population of the US decline? White people aren't having babies like they used to, b

In what way is importing workers "defraying the issue"? Also, why would the population of the US decline? White people aren't having babies like they used to, but other groups don't show the same trend. It's the reason why the US is on track to become a majority-minority country long before the original estimated 2050. California's already there. People are still clamorimg to get into the US, and fighting tooth and nail to stay here. You are the first person I've read that considers not importing workers a solution, rather than a symptom of cultural insularity that threatens to bring down their economy through the burden of an aging population.

colmvp 10y ago
If you look at the stats of immigrants in the U.S. other groups aren't having as many babies like they used to. Look up birth rate by minorities on Pew Social Trends.
mc32 10y ago
Japan, by some measures, is over populated. But regardless. World population is stabilizing, at least in mature economies. The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. If we only count US born newborns, the US pop is in decline. Japan facing this issue we will all face is good for them and for us as their solutions will pave the way for other countries which will follow (much of western Europe and east Asia).
- jobu 10y ago
  > The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. If we only count US born newborns, the US pop is in decline. That's a popular idea, but it's false: http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/apr/18/don-beyer/don-beyer-wrongly-says-us-population-would-be-shri/ http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/apr/18/do...
  - mc32 10y ago
    That's looking at the last fifty years. I mean today, these last few years. We'd be plateauing, if not for new immigrants and their children.
- intopieces 10y ago
  >The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. But that's exactly my question. Why is importing workers "defraying the issue" when that same tactic works for the US?
  - mc32 10y ago
    Because the trend world wide is for pop to level off and decline. The economies are based on growth. It'd be good for an advanced nation to work a solution to that problem (good economy in a pop decline).

colmvp 10y ago

If you look at the stats of immigrants in the U.S. other groups aren't having as many babies like they used to. Look up birth rate by minorities on Pew Social Trends.

mc32 10y ago

Japan, by some measures, is over populated. But regardless. World population is stabilizing, at least in mature economies. The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. If we only count US born newborns, the US pop is in decline. Japan facing this issue we will all face is good for them and for us as their solutions will pave the way for other countries which will follow (much of western Europe and east Asia).

jobu 10y ago
> The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. If we only count US born newborns, the US pop is in decline. That's a popular idea, but it's false: http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/apr/18/don-beyer/don-beyer-wrongly-says-us-population-would-be-shri/ http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/apr/18/do...
- mc32 10y ago
  That's looking at the last fifty years. I mean today, these last few years. We'd be plateauing, if not for new immigrants and their children.
intopieces 10y ago
>The US would be in a pop decline, if not for immigrants. But that's exactly my question. Why is importing workers "defraying the issue" when that same tactic works for the US?
- mc32 10y ago
  Because the trend world wide is for pop to level off and decline. The economies are based on growth. It'd be good for an advanced nation to work a solution to that problem (good economy in a pop decline).