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> so you have merely increased the population. And often they're in they're twenties, meaning society didn't have to pay for the expensive first two decades of
by ant6n 9y ago
> so you have merely increased the population.
And often they're in they're twenties, meaning society didn't have to pay for the expensive first two decades of growing up. Basically a live is 8 decades, 4 decades of which are unproductive, and 4 decades are productive. If you get an immigrant, you get a 6 decades person that's unproductive for only 2 decades -- and some other society paid for those 2 other unproductive decades.
- Banthum 9y agoMedian age for immigrants to America is 44. Median age for all Americans is 36. Sources: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-... http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/chapter-5-u-s-foreign-born-population-trends/ http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/chapter-5-u-s-foreign-...
- ant6n 9y agoThank you for backing up my point with some numbers. In particular see the second link, the age pyramid, showing how there are very few people in the foreign-born population who are younger than 20. And indeed, when you remove most of the population who are younger than twenty, the medium age of the group overall will increase.