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To: RetiredNow who wrote (310246)11/10/2006 7:25:39 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574637
 
Mindmeld, > The only possible replacement HAS TO COME FROM IMMIGRATION. If we clamp down on legal immigration, then our workforce shrinks, guaranteed.

a) The issue was illegal immigration. No one opposes legal immigration.

b) What happens when the immigrants retire? Who supports them? More immigrants? If you want to maintain the current 5:1 worker-to-retiree ratio, the population will have to keep growing without limit. And just a few months ago we passed the 300 million mark ...

Tenchusatsu