Immigrants, as throughout history, remain our economic salvation
Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 11:35AM THE OUTLOOK: “Boomers’ Good Life Tied to Better Life for Immigrants,” by Miriam Jordan, Wall Street Journal, 7 May 2007, p. A2.
Despite white America’s natural tendency for racism regarding immigrants, which I find hilarious given the past history we all share in this regard, as every European American comes from some immigrant group that snuck in here decades ago to the huge dismay of almost everyone already inside who naturally considered them filthy, incomprehensible, full of dangerous religion, tending toward way too many babies, and--of course--lazy as shit.
All those things were said about every group that came in, the trashiest of which--also throughout history--are the first to decry anyone who comes after them, organizing themselves into all sorts of groups and unions designed to “save” the “real” America, when America doesn’t get any more real than immigrants.
I’ve been waiting on this article for a while, because it only makes sense. As all those Boomers retire, they’ll become incredibly dependent on the economic performance of those who follow, especially that big chunk of immigrants who came in during the last bulge (since 1990). As the caption reads here: “bearing the burden: In the next decades, the nation’s young and growing Hispanic population is likely to play a bigger role in supporting the aging white population.”
Naturally, it’s inside those Red states, the net-Fed welfare states, where you find the most resistance and the hate groups, and that won’t change as these people get older and more dependent on Hispanics for their payments. They’ll just resent them all the more.
Thank God the Echo Boomers don’t have the same racial hang-ups. It always takes the next generation to move beyond the prejudices of the past ones.
But still, as one Kentucky demographer put it bluntly, “If I’m an old white person, I better be interested in how these young, Hispanic kids are doing.”
Since 1990, 80 percent of population growth in this country comes in the form of black and Hispanic kids, yet they’re not getting the same schooling as their white counterparts.
So the choice really is, Either there’s no one to support you in your old age or it’ll be minorities whom you better supply with an education that will maintain your desired lifestyle--by buying your house, having high enough incomes to attract the doctors you want in your community, and the like.
In short, your good life depends on theirs--simple as that.
Reader Comments (1)
Agree.
Today's change always seems so rad, but as you often explore on your blog, we've been there and discussed before.