[wolfman23601]

I agree with Crist in that we need population growth to sustain or finances, but how about an American baby boom and some LEGAL immigration from Russians, Greeks, Spanish, Italian, Irish, English, Cubans and Portugese who want to take their entreprenuerial shot at the American dream and not ILLEGAL drug pedaling terrorists from Latin America, Jamaica and Haiti. There are a whole lot of European, Asians, and Cubans that are unhappy with their socialist states that would love to come here, assimilate, and melt. We don’t need more flag burners.

[Clemenza]

1. There are not that many Europeans who want to come here. Even the Poles would rather go to Ireland or the UK if they can't get something going in their own countries.

2. If we adopted a point system based on skills, a la Canada, we would see more of a shift toward Asia and the Middle East in terms of our immigrant population, rather than Europe or Latin America.

3. There are plenty of Russians already in New York.