[Always_Anon]

>It's not the best deal for us, though, since they're not part of our tax base, nor are they growing families and social networks here for us to benefit from.

It's a fantastic deal for us because they're not immigrating here and therefore driving prices of housing, social services, etc. to the unsustainable levels we're seeing now. Outsourcing over the past decades has been a huge boon for the US. They're generating value for US companies and we're able to take advantage of that. The US needs to grow its own families and social networks organically. Every country should.

>but the one thing it doesn't do is optimize for the interests of America.

Generating wealth for US companies and providing stability to their home countries is a win/win. This is optimal for US interests.

[tptacek]

Housing prices aren't unsustainable in the US; they are in a tiny subset of hotspots that elite buyers want to move into. The people we're talking about importing are the least fixated on buying in those particular markets.

Housing prices are a big problem, but the fix isn't depopulation; it's fixing zoning and building rules.