Given the decline in child rates in the US we may eventually be in a situation where there is no one to take your job when you leave.
In 1965 6 countries where below replacement rate, in 2015 that hit 83, and the projection are for 130 countries below replacement rate by 2050. https://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/replacement-fertility-de...
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That means we as a country have to out compete other countries. With the imbalance of population to land mass to wealth favoring the US for the foreseeable future, short term is relative. Could immigration be a solution for the next century?
People say how taxes are too high in California, and the crime, and so on. Go to Texas and it will be better. Maybe I want to go to Peru or Canada.
I think that should be easy. Let countries compete for talent and allow free movement just like states do.
Immigration should be about bringing people in to fill in a true gap between demand and supply of workers. Having people rush to America thinking it’s the land of milk and honey whether are not you bring required skills wouldn’t do us or them any good.
Which implies that we're not there now. Right now, there are a lot of young people who could use a solid job like a mailman, some of whom have a lot of student debt to pay for careers that are not panning out.
If you want to speak about bad choices studies, we need to speak about the society structure to understand that kind of paths.
To understand casino, we just need to learn what is an addiction.
Free public education seems like a fine solution for this. I have no problems with art degrees. I may go back and get one when I am ready to retire. But society doesn’t need to pay or be blamed for a choice for a 200k private degree that won’t pay itself back.
The "young people" should move or change the rules like they do in other countries.