Several years ago, when Angela Merkel opened Germany to refugees from Syria, it occurred to me that she wasn’t being kind, she was being smart. She understood that her country needed more people if it was to continue being the economic and social powerhouse it is. The Syrian refugees are skilled and the ethnic German birth rate isn’t cutting it.Measure One: So why aren’t we doing the same when our neighbors to the South flee the political and economic disasters we spent the Twentieth Century creating via our Foreign Policy? The vast majority of these folks are eager to work and eager to participate in our society. And if the US doesn’t increase its birthrate, we are going to be desperate for a “Great Replacement” in the very near future. Which brings me to Measure Two: For most young adults, it is prohibitive to start a family in the US. Housing prices are out of control, Medical Expenses (even with Insurance) are exorbitant, as is Childcare. Barring a six-figure income, who would WANT to start a family? If the past is any indication, there will be plenty of hand-wringing and no action except Republicans’ never-ending calls for cutting our already-threadbare social safety net.

Several years ago, when Angela Merkel opened Germany to refugees from Syria, it occurred to me that she wasn’t being kind, she was being smart. She understood that her country needed more people if it was to continue being the economic and social powerhouse it is. The Syrian refugees are skilled and the ethnic German birth rate isn’t cutting it.Measure One: So why aren’t we doing the same when our neighbors to the South flee the political and economic disasters we spent the Twentieth Century creating via our Foreign Policy? The vast majority of these folks are eager to work and eager to participate in our society. And if the US doesn’t increase its birthrate, we are going to be desperate for a “Great Replacement” in the very near future. Which brings me to Measure Two: For most young adults, it is prohibitive to start a family in the US. Housing prices are out of control, Medical Expenses (even with Insurance) are exorbitant, as is Childcare. Barring a six-figure income, who would WANT to start a family? If the past is any indication, there will be plenty of hand-wringing and no action except Republicans’ never-ending calls for cutting our already-threadbare social safety net.

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