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Re:Immigration reform in America by dllthomas on Sunday April 14, 2013 @03:01PM (#5547828)
I think you read me as saying the opposite of what I was saying. The biggest problem with entitlements in the current environment is that the younger/working population is shrinking relative to the older/retiring population. Opening the borders means more younger workers coming, and probably having more children, who'll be "paying for my social security."

Of course, the comment was jokingly flippant - it's not really a good reason to throw the borders open, though there are certainly more serious arguments on both sides of that debate.

Re:Immigration reform in America by stephengillie on Sunday April 14, 2013 @03:14PM (#5547887)
Social security is built on a population bubble. Like the housing bubble, we can't expect it to last.
Re:Immigration reform in America by dllthomas on Sunday April 14, 2013 @03:29PM (#5547941)
Yes. Increasing immigration is a way of keeping that bubble inflated longer. Like I said, it was jokingly flippant, in terms of actual reasons.