Embrace the power of and.

There is also an assumption that additional population will increase revenue more than expenditures or entitlements.

We need to increase the number of jobs in the US to absorb the cost of government largess. That requires an increasing population.

Legal immigration is an option, seldom a necessity.

That wasn’t my suggested rate. That was my suggested level for the stock of temporary residents at any one time; the inflow would be a function of the verified outflow in order to maintain the stock at a given level.

My suggestion for the flow of settler immigration was 0.125% of the total population per annum, or just north of 400,000 settlers per year. That would make up for any fertility deficits at this time, though I think we would do well to amend incentives to promote fertility.

That would not be your first resort, but your last. Your first resort is taking actions to enhance the total fertility rate. The actions you would take would be as follows: amending income tax codes to rebalance tax burdens ang grant relief to larger families, providing for more school choice at the primary and secondary level, rejiggering higher education’s degree architecture and financing modes, and relaxing regulations on car seats. A general prohibition on abortion would likely help some, but boosting fertility rates is not why you do that.

But there is a necessary place for legal immigration.

If nothing else, it was bad manners on my part and I regret letting my political passion get the best of me. The negative remarks were not in good taste, especially on one of my favorite blogs which I started reading a few months ago.

As with most everyone else, I have been extremely upset with all the horrors that we are experiencing as we watch our once great country get destroyed by the Biden Junta and assorted other devil villains.

I feel that President Trump had the election stolen from him in the same way that Kari Lake looks to be a victim of the same forces.

Anyway, this is not the place to cast any negative aspersions, especially on Neo, and I hope that there are no hard feelings.

Thanks for all the hard work you do in running this blog.

Sincerely.

Population growth rate has been declining the last 20 years, from 1.15% in 2000 to 0.49% in 2020
Employment to population ration was 62.5% around 2000 to 61.1% in 2020.
Employment grew 14% from 2002 to 2020. Population grew 14% in the same time period. But as population growth is slowing, we need more immigration to counter this. Unemployment rate is too low during economic expansion resulting in employers finding it difficult to hire qualified persons.
If we want to return manufacturing jobs to US, we need a ready source of semi-skilled to skilled workers.
Your suggested immigration rate of 0.33% is too low, especially in times of economic expansion.
I would suggest the rate be tied to economic expansion which would account for labor needs.

What did the employees of the Employment and Training Administration do?