Friday, March 05, 2010

Why Old People Should Love Immigrants

Young workers and especially the large number of young immigrants in the workforce are saving Medicare and Social Security. They pay into the system, and retirees are collecting that money now. We need these workers. - - Donna Poisl

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

Earlier today Casey B. Mulligan wrote about how the entry of more women into the work force has helped sustain the solvency of Social Security, which has been otherwise stressed by the size of the retiring baby boom generation and longer life expectancies.

But what happens now that the actual and relative size of entitlement-receiving elderly America continues to grow? Can we induce yet another untapped labor pool to enter the American job market and replenish their elders’ Social Security funding?
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