Re: More economically efficient US?

From: Andy F (aft627_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 14:52:11 GMT

Dez Akin wrote:

>> > Where the state would have a strong role would be education and
>> > fertility promotion... pay people to have children as it were, and to
>> > educate them until they are old enough to contribute to the economy.
>>
>> Um, we are talking about the US, not the Netherlands, right? Because
>> in the US you don't need to pay people to have kids; they'll do it for
>> free. Repeatedly.
>
>Most of US population growth is due to immigration, and still
>fertility is falling off. While people will have more children in the
>US than in europe or japan, they certainly could have more, and
>population growth does contribute to economic growth.
>
Rather than paying Amercans to have more children, wouldn't it be cheaper to
increase the population by just letting more immigrants in?
  

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