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Why is the 1.2 million number fixed in stone? I would be happy to have 10 million a year. 1.2 million is clearly below the market demand, and the market demand
by krschultz 14y ago
Why is the 1.2 million number fixed in stone? I would be happy to have 10 million a year. 1.2 million is clearly below the market demand, and the market demand is what is driving the whole thing. It was really enlightening for me that illegal immigration dropped when the economy went down in the last few years. If we align immigration with the market everything would be better.
Obviously there is a number where our infrastructure would be completely swamped, but nothing grows the economy faster than a pile of immigrants. Especially when they are permanent immigrants. The current system encourages a lot people to come for a short period and then go home, which isn't really great for the country long term.
- Kudzu_Bob 14y agoWhy not a hundred million a year? You could get that many from Africa alone. Because nothing grows the economy faster than a pile of immigrants, except maybe an extinction-level mega-tsunami of immigrants racing toward the coastline at hypersonic speed. Yep, that would really be great for the economy. Which is of course exactly the same thing as the country.