What most conservatives seem to miss
The viability of Medicare and Social Security is directly linked to immigration
For one, the type of ‘real Americans’ the goo prefers aren’t reproducing fast enough to fill out future generations. We need to supplement from the outside to provide a tax base big enough and with enough growth to support the commitments. I have never been a big fan of any economic solution that demands perpetual growth to work but that is what we have.
Second, it’s the immigrants that are the biggest contributors to senior care. From nurses to home care workers to nursing homes they are doing the heavy lifting in elder care. Without them, costs are going to skyrocket.
If the conservatives have their way, they will create a country that is too small, too old and too poor to function.
It is like an Atlas Shrugged for the masses where they think they can live in a closed society without the people they need to care for them.