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by matheusmoreira 321 days ago
> immigrants already pay taxes

Immigrants function as imported children in this context. People wouldn't have the children that would grow into economically active adults, so the country had to import those adults from some other country whose people did have children.

> we already run a continuous deficit

Which is unsustainable.

> we could choose to shift existing spending priorities to more pro-family spending

Absolutely. Protecting and promoting families as a national policy is the right solution in my opinion.

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== the country had to import those adults from some other country whose people did have children==

Those people chose to come the US for the opportunity as they have throughout history, even when birth rates were high.

== Protecting and promoting families as a national policy is the right solution in my opinion==

So you agree that we don’t need to wait for more people to have kids to pay for the policy because we could just adjust our spending priorities. Glad we are on the same page.