Because aging lifts the old-age dependency ratio and slows labor-force growth, debt dynamics worsen unless legal immigration expands to bolster GDP and the tax base. Treating migration as a fiscal stabilizer reframes border politics as macroeconomic necessity.
— It links immigration levels to national fiscal sustainability and entitlement solvency, shifting debates from culture and enforcement to growth, debt, and the viability of Social Security/Medicare.
Jordan Weissmann
2025.08.20
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The article argues the U.S. needs 'more people' to avoid a 'vicious spiral of low GDP growth and rising debt,' pointing to Biden-era absorption of migrants as proof the economy can scale.
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