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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (34215)4/9/1999 3:15:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
My empathy is boundless. My wallet is not.

In this country, it is often argued that immigrants have not only not been a drain on the economy, but have actually contributed to its growth. After all, the US (like Canada and Australia) IS a nation of immigrants. I can't assess the validity of the argument, but I do know that it is made.

Ir may be a very different story in basically mono-ethnic countries where the immigrants are competing with the "natives" for jobs, and/or where they immediately get all sorts of welfare benefits. In such cases, they are probably a net drain. But hopefully some of these problems could be alleviated, if not eliminated, by certain changes in public policy, which would not entail abolishing immigration altogether.

jbe
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