Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin...
by loup-vaillant on Monday September 25, 2023 @12:06PM
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When someone points out that a segment of the population is more disenfranchised than the rest, and then unnecessarily states that they represent a disproportionate share of social/welfare spending, itβs hard to ignore how the unnecessary statement, wittingly or not, pushes an agenda. Just like my framing did, though I totally did it on purpose.
That being said, I would be interested to know if the social spending stay disproportional after controlling for socio-economic factors. I personally have no idea, as far as I know immigrants could be either under- or over-funded. And if they are, it could be interesting to investigate why.
> Generally immigrants are job creators and entrepreneurs, and take less from the system than native born people do
And this is (at least in the context of many European countries) not true.
It is not relevant if this is simply because they are poor, and poor people receive a disproportionate amount of social spending.
The observation is that immigration in that case drives up housing demand, while at the same time being a net-negative in financial terms for society.