With the 2008 presidential elections in full swing, candidates are busy trying to outdo each other in their anti-immigrant rhetoric. Robert Reich's article, "America's Biggest Divide," gives an eloquent and strong rebuttal.
Well, I have some news for these demagogues. If they think this country or this economy can succeed in coming decades without tens of millions of additional immigrants, they’re not thinking straight. The huge baby boom generation -- 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 -- will be retiring, and there aren’t nearly enough native-born Americans after them to keep this economy going, let alone keep money flowing into the boomers’ Social Security and Medicare trust funds. The graying of America means we need this new wave of immigrants.
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