Person A: I support high levels of immigration.
Person B: Weren't you complaining about wages being too low? High levels of immigration directly impact wage growth in a negative way.
Person A: Yeah, but we don't have enough people to care for and replace baby boomers, so we need those immigrants.
Besides telling boomers to get rekt, what's your initial response?
Obviously, it's hypocritical to dissuade citizens from having children, and then turning around and saying we don't have enough people so we need more immigrants.
But I feel like I'm missing something here and can't quite put my finger on it.
They want to come because the average US physician makes more money than any other country, and the taxes are still lower than most countries where they'd consider living. The US is going to shit, but for now it's still extremely desirable compared to alternatives.
But I suppose with the way medical schools are heading here in the US (all the DIE/equity bullshit), I should probably be happy that doctors are moving here from other countries.
To be fair, the smart ones leave as soon as possible.
A case I'm very familar with is the Gulf War of 1991. Many highly educated investors, engineers and doctors fled or left Iraq before the war started since they sensed the end of Iraq as a strong state. Some choose to ride it out, but noticed a sharp decline in everything requiring actual specialist or capital.