Snow birds will help grow America southward
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 6:30PM ■"Developing Nations Lure Retirees, Raiding Idea of 'Outsourcing' Boomers' Golden Years," by Joel Millman, Wall Street Journal, 14 November 2005, p. A2.
■"Will H'Wood Act Its Age? Pic, TV exex confront cultural shift as younger auds drift away," by Brian Lowry, Variety, 7-13 November 2005, p. 1.
The Caribbean states send us medical workers to help us with our rising elder population, and guess what? Now we're seeing that rising elder population increasing move to the Carribean for their retirement years.
Locate the job where the labor is, I say.
Costa Rica, most Core-like of all states there, pioneers the incentive package to lure retirees with money and no kids.
30 million Americans retire each year now, and that number only goes up. Costa Rica grabs just a few thousand and watch the ripple effect.
Same thing happens in Europe, with northerners retiring around Med. Malaysia tries to do the same with Hong Kong.
My larger point is this: think of 25 years from now, when Hispanics are like 30% of our voters and lotsa retired Americans live in Caribbean states.
Then tell me it's crazy to consider the U.S. adding more member states from the south.
Our aging population is remaking everything in its path. Once Hollywood catches on, just watch TV and movies follow that money.
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