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Originally Posted by Buckman821
Seriously, this answer should be obvious. It boggles my mind that people would view population growth as a negative. Don't you want future generations of Americans to enjoy a vibrant, growing economy? The US is enormous and barely populated at all so to suggest it's full is pure silliness.
Yes, the US will need population growth if it is to remain a world leader. This is obvious from an economic growth perspective and to meet our long term entitlement liabilities. Furthermore a good portion of our cities are still reeling from the damaging depopulation effects of the mid 20th century. Cities that are growing just tend to be nicer, healthier places to live. So yes, the US should want this.
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I agree. I’d happily take a good share of those Canadian immigrants. It doesn’t sound like Canadians are taking issue with immigration for the most part. It’ll be interesting to see how well they assimilate. For whatever reason I feel immigrants are slower to assimilate in the US these days.