Yeah. Implicit in these arguments for more native kids is that immigration is a dangerous and high-cost solution.
Which certainly *can* be true. But whether it's immigration or birth, government policies can make them more sustainable, practice, possible, and acceptable to the public. (It wasn't so long ago that White American was irate t…
Yeah. Implicit in these arguments for more native kids is that immigration is a dangerous and high-cost solution.
Which certainly *can* be true. But whether it's immigration or birth, government policies can make them more sustainable, practice, possible, and acceptable to the public. (It wasn't so long ago that White American was irate that Black America was having so many kids, and pointing to all the consequences of their racist economic policies as justification.) "What do we value?" is always the best way to phrase it. "We value the liberty to have kids if you want, we value a fair and generous immigration system, we value the idea that if you come here and work hard you can have a great future" — these used to be the value statements that governed America. (And, at least in the minds of most Americans, still do!)
Yeah. Implicit in these arguments for more native kids is that immigration is a dangerous and high-cost solution.
Which certainly *can* be true. But whether it's immigration or birth, government policies can make them more sustainable, practice, possible, and acceptable to the public. (It wasn't so long ago that White American was irate that Black America was having so many kids, and pointing to all the consequences of their racist economic policies as justification.) "What do we value?" is always the best way to phrase it. "We value the liberty to have kids if you want, we value a fair and generous immigration system, we value the idea that if you come here and work hard you can have a great future" — these used to be the value statements that governed America. (And, at least in the minds of most Americans, still do!)