Same Song, 2nd Verse: The Fallacy that Mass Immigration is Needed for a Healthy Economy
Posted by Jack Martin | Jul 18, 2017 | Immigration Blog Posts, Jobs & Economy | 3 |
The Washington Post has long been a megaphone for increased immigration, but it seems even more so under the ownership of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. The July 18 edition of the paper was peppered with pro-immigration opinion and analysis with the centerpiece an article on how the economy depends on mass immigration.
The core argument – asserted by economists polled by the WaPo – is that the economy can grow only on the basis of a rising population or greater productivity. The U.S. birth rate, though still higher than most other developed nations, has declined in recent years (despite the fast rising number of births to the foreign-born) and the retiree age group is increasing. With current productivity gains low, the need, according to these economists, is to artificially increase the population by immigration.
http://immigrationreform.com/2017/07/18/song-2nd-verse-fallacy-mass-immigration-needed-healthy-economy/
