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Cap · 05-01-2010, 04:27 PM

I don't know what the situation is in the States, but up here in the previously Great White North, the birthrate has pretty nearly flatlined. Love 'em or hate 'em, we need immigration just to prevent this from becoming a nation of senior citizens. I know the same thing is happening in Japan and many European countries. It used to be we had six workers paying for every pensioner, in a short while with all the Baby Boomers retiring, it'll be 2 or 3 for every pensioner. We need fresh blood just to have enough staff for all the nursing homes they'll be building soon and herding us into....

Cap

05-01-2010, 04:27 PM	#9
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,922	I don't know what the situation is in the States, but up here in the previously Great White North, the birthrate has pretty nearly flatlined. Love 'em or hate 'em, we need immigration just to prevent this from becoming a nation of senior citizens. I know the same thing is happening in Japan and many European countries. It used to be we had six workers paying for every pensioner, in a short while with all the Baby Boomers retiring, it'll be 2 or 3 for every pensioner. We need fresh blood just to have enough staff for all the nursing homes they'll be building soon and herding us into.... Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."