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Originally Posted by you&me
This all boils down to poor timing. Why now? Why - while we have raising rates, supply chain issues, inflation pushing material and labour costs higher, and already exisiting affordability issues - is this the time to jack immigration numbers to near-record rates?
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Because we are trying to avoid a population collapse. All rich countries are seeing population growth declining. At some point - they all are going to realize they need a bunch of immigrants or they are going to have issues supporting their population as it ages and you don't have enough people to contribute to programs.
Being a first mover and bringing in the 'best' people is smart before every rich country is trying to bring them all in. Japan is already nearing a point of no-return with their population. Italy is another place with a shrinking population.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japans-...a-record-rate/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/europ...cmd/index.html