The media does not repeat stories from cities like Baltimore where the mayor stated the necessity of immigrants to achieve population growth. (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-01-07/news/bs-md-ci-immigration-growth-20120106_1_foreign-born-immigrants-population-decline). For several years, major studies, articles and books about the projected need for immigrants have been largely ignored by the media. Instead, the media reports what many want to hear: immigrants = problems.
Within 50-years we will be begging Mexico for immigrants. The Mexican economy may be so strong that our needs for immigrants will be ignored. One sign that this possibility exists is that Mexico’s economy remains in much better shape than our own. Typically, it is said that when the U.S. economy catches a cold, Mexico’s economy catches pneumonia. However, this is not the case in today’s world economy. Most Mexicans returning to their country are doing so because there are jobs in Mexico and not in the USA.
No reasonable person can argue with the facts concerning our birth-rate and the impact of severely shifting population facts. Today, one out of every 9 Americans is "old"—another former youth turns 50 every 8 seconds. Those age 65 and older now exceed 35 million, a number poised to explode. January 2011 ushered in the first of approximately 77 million Baby Boomers, born from 1946 through 1964 and are surging toward the gates of retirement[1].
The largest block of potential voters will demand more and more services from the relatively small workforce that contribute payroll taxes. Our country will require more young workers that our birthrate will not supply. Beyond the need for taxpayers, we will need workers to repair, build and maintain the infrastructure.
The largest block of potential voters will demand more and more services from the relatively small workforce that contribute payroll taxes. Our country will require more young workers that our birthrate will not supply. Beyond the need for taxpayers, we will need workers to repair, build and maintain the infrastructure.
Often, the people demanding solutions to the current immigration problems are backward in their thinking. Many simply want immigration to end. Many more want walls, fences and expulsions. The reality of the immigration problem is that we need an immigration policy that meets the needs of our country and a policy that is moral and just. We need temporary visas. We need control of our border and control of employers. We need a guarantee of fair treatment of guest workers. We also need a national identity that includes English as our national language. Those unwilling to take an oath of allegiance and work towards citizenship should be identified as temporary workers and quickly removed from U.S. soil when their work-permit expires. Guest workers should be strictly tracked.
Human traffickers and those employing persons unauthorized to be on U.S. soil should be severely punished. The punishment must exceed the benefit of transporting or hiring unauthorized people. At the same time, farmers and certain other employers should be permitted to hire as many foreign workers as needed. Americans often will not do dirty jobs. (At least not while staying on the public dole is an option).
The prediction: we will change our immigration laws to encourage more immigration within 20-years or we will be begging for immigrants within 20-years.
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