Of course they are helping the economy. Upon entry they are given debit cards, clothing, housing and health care. Statistics look great. Someone has to pay for that down the road. Look in the mirror.
ramage wrote: Of course they are helping the economy. Upon entry they are given debit cards, clothing, housing and health care. Statistics look great. Someone has to pay for that down the road. Look in the mirror.
Democrats might say we are going into debt now to invest in our future. While Europe and other Western nation birthrates decline, the US population had its largest growth ever in one year. We will have new young people to take care of Generation X as it starts to retire.
Or we will be so indebted by then, half of taxes will be used to service the debt every year.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.