However, that's not my main point about using social security as a reason as to why we need immigration.
Here's the problem. You're operating on a pyramid scheme. In order for social security to work, it needs to have more workers in comparison to recipients. Now, social security wouldn't be a problem if the government didn't squandor everyone elses money. However, they did, and it has a created a dilemma of which is most likely never to bring about normalcy within the social security system. To outdo this normalcy, it requires more and more workers, for tax dollars are needed to pay for the already paid-into social security incomes that were blatantly stolen from our own government. The result is that this Pyramid Scheme is what will be needed, held up by a Socialized System, to keep Social Security alive.
Why is this bad? For one, a pyramid scheme only gets bigger and bigger. For example, allowing more immigrants into the U.S. creates a bigger pool of future recipients, of which more immigrants will be needed to support them. The cycle continues. Now, you might say, "well, if we can get through this time with more immigrants, we'll be all-right". This isn't so, for there will always be more income makers needed to provide for the recipients. You may not need any immigrants for a generation, but eventually you'll need more, for there will come a time when the amount of children born will equal the amount of parents. Thus, the only way for immigration to not continue is for people to continually have large families, producing around four children per family. Without it, immigration is the only way to provide for the a Social System that will inevitably implode as it always has. Whether through overpopulation, deteriorated schools, infrastructure, public health, loss of environment, etc., the negative effects of Social Security will eventually come, and I think that we've only seen the beginning.
What I think should happen? Eliminate social security for anyone newly entering the workforce. The rest of us, in a graduated system based on age, will receive ALL of our entitlements. However, the older the are, the longer you'll be able to continue to receive social security through paycheck deductions. The younger you are, the less longer you'll be able to receive the deduction. Under 35, you will no longer have social security deducted from your paycheck.