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p> WHAT IMMIGRATION CRISIS? br> Re: Tom Bethell's Freedom of Immigration Acts : /p>

Tom Bethell's article is the best I've read on this hot issue so far. I have been trying to say the same thing but up until now, I thought I was the only conservative who felt this way. So many fail to make the connection between falling birth rates and the need for immigrants. In a growing economy, even with great improvements in productivity, you still need more people. Most Americans procreate below the replacement rate. Whenever I hear conservatives complain about illegal immigrants I always ask how many kids they have (I have three so I'm not part of the problem). Often I hear numbers between 0 and 2. Not enough! Often, these people wouldn't hear of their kids working in menial jobs. I then ask who mows their lawn, who works in the restaurants where they eat, who does their home improvements, etc.

p>Then, there is the best kept secret in the business world. Immigrants often make better employees. They have the work ethic of our immigrant ancestors only they don't join unions. Not only are we making fewer Americans organically, many of those born here are allergic to hard work. br> -- Jim Moroney br> St. Augustine, Florida /p> p> Tom Bethell seems to think whites aren't reproducing in sufficient numbers. Perhaps he can visit some Bed Bath & Beyond stores or Chuck E. Cheese restaurants here in Northern Virginia. He would discover a preponderance of baby strollers -- with real, live (white) babies inside. Radical pro-natalists like Bethell, Allan Carlson and Ben Wattenberg should spend less time wringing their hands over a "crisis" of their own imagination and a little more time at the local mall. br> -- Carl F. Horowitz

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