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FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy (archive.ph)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6837465

Even though right-wing politicians decry immigration (because it's a populist viewpoint), they secretly or openly want more. Countries without low immigration will lag economically compared to countries with high immigration such as the US.

Original link: https://www.ft.com/content/de913edd-71d1-4a36-b897-091125596952

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And what happens when those foreign workers in Solution #3 age, retire and need pension payouts...? Just keep hiring more and more foreign workers? Besides, "benefits everybody" is only from an national economic perspective. From the cultural, social and personal economic perspective, having a huge influx of foreigners in your country is terrible.

I don't think foreign labor is completely off the mark but there has to be guards against them costing more money than they contribute to the system, which means strict culture, skill and income requirements for permanent migration.