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"IO" wrote:

Ron wrote:

It will be interesting over the next 10 years to see how Western
Europe handles it, as their population ages even more, with much less
younger people to help pay into the system, in proportion to those
who are retired and recieving the benefits of such a social program.

This is valid without considering the immigrants, also in the United States
WASP (the part of the US population more paragonable to the europeans)
people is becoming older... But the other parts of population are younger...

Actually, most of the European countries are in deep trouble, even at
current rates of immigration. The ones that are letting in more people
are having severe problems integrating the newcomers (France's problems
with Moslem immigrants, for example). and just "letting people in"
doesn't help if they have no jobs for them to fill (look at the current
long-term unemployment problems in France and Germany).

P.S. what about racial integration?

Much better over here. Of course, we've had about a half-century more
practice at it.

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