[beaversmom]

Prager was just talking about the declining birth rate in Europe. One country, I believe Germany, would have to let 500,000 young immigrants into is country every year for the next 30 years to keep it afloat. Ain't liberalism, socialism, feminism, evironmentalism just grand.

On a related topic posted at FR the other day, Britains are leaving the country in the droves:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/933864/posts

[Dialup Llama]

>Prager was just talking about the declining birth rate in Europe. One country, I believe Germany, would have to let 500,000 young immigrants into is country every year for the next 30 years to keep it afloat.

What they need to keep alfoat is the welfare state pyramid...a project which is unatenable. Pyramids cannot be sustained by new participants any more than one or 1/2 more generation. People know how many kids to have based on economic conditions. I know people unfortunately who have to work two jobs (not for a big screen TV) but for a modest house to live in and to pay the taxes. All the while net govt aid recipients enjoy a life where their own children are mostly paid for by the taxes of others. Sornette (the stock market bubble guy) says that between now (for Japan) and 50 years for other countries, the economy will have to shift to a state where growth is not dependent upon a steady, unending population growth.

[Antoninus]

On a related topic posted at FR the other day, Britains are leaving the country in the droves:

I can't say I blame them. If they're conservatives, I hope they find their way to our fair shores. Otherwise, I hear New Zealand's very nice...