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What?! Does this logic come to you in visions? So by your logic, SS
wouldn't be in trouble if not for cigarettes, factories, automobiles,
or cancer. I know being able to assail immigration and abortion in
one swoop was too much for you to resist, but please give us a break.
John
On May 15, 2009, at 8:38 AM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
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> We need immigrants because we have killed 50 million people through
> abortion. Social Security wouldn't be in trouble if not for Roe vs.
> Wade.
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> "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> This took a great deal of time."
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Munoz <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:18 pm
> Subject: Re: Immigrants Integral to Social Security's Future
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>> From: Immigration Policy Center [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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>> To: Peter Munoz
>> Subject: Immigrants Integral to Social Security's Future
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>> IMMIGRANTS INTEGRAL TO SOCIAL SECURITY'S FUTURE
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>> May 14, 2009
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>> Washington D.C. - Reports
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOXsfbXF5_Z
>> czYW8P5_OfJu0torPIkZ5Hi7ekCGFEeBMDr51qURCl84r_kqUldfXAzEefj7GW4-
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>> uMGRY5Ne_n9i6fwjWjLxEM7K95toeyPm4tqNEsmwpTBF2dcw=> released by the
>> Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees this week have
>> re-focused public attention
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOUzRM-GEvQ
>> 9MZZivBNkM-vR5nkSjlCbNNQolSEiGaHpv-rsSvTVqEMOgs4nUp9kp-
>> l7BzZ35SczOGhgsPz
>> J8XDqlG5yFYFAjUibDm7NJo9Tio2OTCKBBVs66cplPcx9uFTfKzoTCJVLiPn7IN3KWgjbf35
>> Jcgx52ERlb7vuYkUwLCynI8sTuS1C> on the deteriorating financial
>> condition
>> of the nation's main health and retirement programs. These reports
>> underscore not only the severity of the current recession, but also
>> the
>> demographic crisis confronting the nation as the native-born
>> population
>> ages. The coming wave of retiring Baby Boomers reminds us of the
>> increasingly important role that immigrants play in the U.S.
>> economy as
>> taxpayers, workers, consumers, and homebuyers.
>>
>> In an IPC report
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOX_qi0qcFw
>> JrUy-
>> KJly6xZU9IUN6taufjY3qcDJk6Fq2vpyu-0er1ndJ4mzf9iK1erK9yjRM-5dsZ85z-6
>> w5RwHvaVdyImjQpH4EvD-
>> acaKUu9YnzMlgPLNKmhOFWtA_uWjKd5RYcJgXiHKd595MSd53gv
>> z9hr_VSQQiG4nm8McpYK-GNMdr3X6pdqL7UiihX0=> , demographer Dowell Myers
>> of
>> the University of Southern California has succinctly analyzed this
>> looming demographic crisis and the role that immigration can play in
>> overcoming it:
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>> * Over the next 20 years, the number of senior citizens relative
>> to the number of working-age Americans will increase by 67 percent.
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>> * This means that more and more retirees "will transition from
>> being net taxpayers to net recipients of health and pension benefits,
>> and they will be supported by a smaller workforce that is
>> struggling to
>> meet its own needs."
>> * These "mass retirements" will not only strain the Social
>> Security and Medicare programs, but will also drive labor-force
>> growth
>> "perilously low - perhaps below zero in many states - which will
>> depress
>> economic growth as a whole."
>> * Moreover, "seniors are also net home sellers, and accordingly,
>> there will be 67 percent more people in the selling ages relative
>> to the
>> younger adults who are likely to be buyers. Thus the mass sell-off
>> launched by aging poses a great hazard for all home sellers and their
>> home values in the two decades ahead."
>>
>> The aging of the native-born population will leave the U.S. economy
>> short on workers and taxpayers just when more workers and taxpayers
>> are
>> needed to support the increasing number of retiring Baby Boomers.
>> Immigrants can help fill this gap. And, as the IPC points out in a
>> recent compilation
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOWd4LxM4IJ
>> uYPJhiZGoeuyaWGUgG4_njWwiRTQEFnf_WVTLgC3LJZkNTwqKlCdmhTgErMKZdvX5VBaXln3
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>> myUME9
>> FTYwLV-osBBASzqU5UIsEe8DJCT7ulPYmIfdHjoE=> of economic data,
>> sensible
>> immigration reform would maximize the economic contributions of
>> immigrants, which will shore up not only Social Security and
>> Medicare,
>> but the U.S. tax base and the U.S. workforce as well.
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>> For More Facts and Data See:
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>> * Thinking Ahead About Our Immigrant Future
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOX_qi0qcFw
>> JrUy-
>> KJly6xZU9IUN6taufjY3qcDJk6Fq2vpyu-0er1ndJ4mzf9iK1erK9yjRM-5dsZ85z-6
>> w5RwHvaVdyImjQpH4EvD-
>> acaKUu9YnzMlgPLNKmhOFWtA_uWjKd5RYcJgXiHKd595MSd53gv
>> z9hr_VSQQiG4nm8McpYK-GNMdr3X6pdqL7UiihX0=> (IPC Special Report)
>> January
>> 2008
>> * The Economics of Immigration Reform
>> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102581268459&s=26240&e=001uwlwLj6_pOWd4LxM4IJ
>> uYPJhiZGoeuyaWGUgG4_njWwiRTQEFnf_WVTLgC3LJZkNTwqKlCdmhTgErMKZdvX5VBaXln3
>> iwHXSiM5KKAOIgRzHc7y86MVgQLivoRpMhggGXjqSgYp2eYFowGB-PukK3B3Makvt-
>> myUME9
>> FTYwLV-osBBASzqU5UIsEe8DJCT7ulPYmIfdHjoE=> (IPC Fact Check) April
>> 2008
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