Bill Clinton Sees 'More Immigrants' As A Way To Reduce Deficit

The Woodward Report ^ | April 28, 2010 | Dan Froomkin

[honestabe010]

Former President Bill Clinton enthusiastically weighed into the blistering national debate on immigration today with a resounding assertion that America needs more immigrants -- not fewer -- to ensure its long-term fiscal future.

At a symposium on deficit reduction today (see my earlier story), Clinton said that one key to avoiding massive debt is to maintain a good ratio between people paying into the system, and those receiving payouts (through such programs as Social Security.)

That means more jobs and more people working, he said. "Which to me means more immigrants."

[Thunder90]

Of course, they want to:
Ban Guns
Disarm our military
Amnesty for illegals
Cap and tax
Surrender to every two bit thug in the world...

[willyd]

Not if the main purpose of the immigration is to pay for increased government spending. What is wrong with just reducing the spending in the first place? What if the politicians left their greedy hands off the money they already collected?

Bill Clinton is only being half truthful (as usual). What he really means is that we have to bring in a bunch of immigrants to replace the money they stole from Social Security and spent on other things.