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Given the US' attack on immigration, it too will have a rapidly aging population.

CountSessine 6y ago
I know - the irony! Perhaps the only reason that the US has so many millennials is that so many people come to the US undocumented, skirting the dumpster-fire immigration and visa system. Without those millennials, the US would be in the same pickle.
- danbolt 6y ago
  Certainly immigration and not to do with being the children of baby boomers!
- viraptor 6y ago
  US has estimated 11M of unauthorised people. Let's say 25-34yo are millennials - that's 3M of them. Same age bracket has 45M US residents. I'm not sure the 3M are making that much of a difference. (Although it's higher than I expected)
  - CountSessine 6y ago
    That’s very interesting - thanks for looking up the numbers. I’ve been curious about this for some time. I guess we need to look elsewhere for our explanation.
- fmajid 6y ago
  Net immigration to the US from Mexico has been effectively zero since 2008.
catmanjan 6y ago
As an Australian, immigration does not fix aging population, it just delays it...
- ketzo 6y ago
  I mean, when it comes to problems of age, is there anything to do other than delay?
  - fomine3 6y ago
    I have ideas but I don't want to write.
  - catmanjan 6y ago
    I suppose consistent growth, but unless your migrants are all newborns, migration is like a generation worth of delay
- IronRanger 6y ago
  Sub-replacement fertility is a factor of housing costs. Immigration drives down wages, and increases housing costs, making housing less affordable. All that immigration serves to accomplish is population replacement.
xienze 6y ago
> it too will have a rapidly aging population. I mean the US government could do things like provide lots of incentives for its citizens to reproduce but, nah, too difficult. Just import the entire third world, things will work out fine.
crocodiletears 6y ago
Could adopt policies that encouraged reproduction at or above the replacement rate. Make an effort to reframe childrearing as a social, moral, and individual good. Doubtful it'll happen, but still a possibility.
j8hn 6y ago
I'm curious where the US ranks on immigration worldwide on their attack on immigration.

I know - the irony! Perhaps the only reason that the US has so many millennials is that so many people come to the US undocumented, skirting the dumpster-fire immigration and visa system. Without those millennials, the US would be in the same pickle.

danbolt 6y ago
Certainly immigration and not to do with being the children of baby boomers!
viraptor 6y ago
US has estimated 11M of unauthorised people. Let's say 25-34yo are millennials - that's 3M of them. Same age bracket has 45M US residents. I'm not sure the 3M are making that much of a difference. (Although it's higher than I expected)
- CountSessine 6y ago
  That’s very interesting - thanks for looking up the numbers. I’ve been curious about this for some time. I guess we need to look elsewhere for our explanation.
fmajid 6y ago
Net immigration to the US from Mexico has been effectively zero since 2008.

catmanjan 6y ago

As an Australian, immigration does not fix aging population, it just delays it...

ketzo 6y ago
I mean, when it comes to problems of age, is there anything to do other than delay?
- fomine3 6y ago
  I have ideas but I don't want to write.
- catmanjan 6y ago
  I suppose consistent growth, but unless your migrants are all newborns, migration is like a generation worth of delay
IronRanger 6y ago
Sub-replacement fertility is a factor of housing costs. Immigration drives down wages, and increases housing costs, making housing less affordable. All that immigration serves to accomplish is population replacement.

xienze 6y ago

> it too will have a rapidly aging population. I mean the US government could do things like provide lots of incentives for its citizens to reproduce but, nah, too difficult. Just import the entire third world, things will work out fine.

crocodiletears 6y ago

Could adopt policies that encouraged reproduction at or above the replacement rate. Make an effort to reframe childrearing as a social, moral, and individual good. Doubtful it'll happen, but still a possibility.

j8hn 6y ago

I'm curious where the US ranks on immigration worldwide on their attack on immigration.