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It is a myth we are having declining birth rates to the extent we have fewer people coming into the working ages. That is not so. Since 2000 we have added increases of 16.8 million working age people. but all the employment gains went to immigrants from 2000 to 2014. I was surprised at this. I knew we were having issues with this. and people have shared that with me. but I did not realize the numbers were this stark. Lets look at this. This is the change in the working age on these two parts of the chart. We have an increase in immigrants from 2000 to 2014 by 8.8 million people. while the native population in their working ages increased by 16.8 million peopletwice the number of working age immigrants. basically. But where did the jobs go. the few jobs we have been creating as we are recovering from the recession? We created 5.7 million jobs since 2000 that went to the immigrant populationthis 8.8 millionand the native population showed a decline of 100.000 jobs. So even though we had a 16.8 million increase in that workingage group. we had a decline in nativeborn workers actually working. I would say those are stunning numbers. and it calls on us to reevaluate our policies. We are not against immigration. I am not saying we should end immigration. I am saying it is time for us to review our immigration policies. as any sensible. sane nation would do. It is time to do that. The Presidents policy goes in exactly the opposite direction. By overwhelming polling data. Americansincluding Hispanicsagree that amnesty has created more of an illegal immigration flow. and yet this amnesty rewards 5 million people for what they did illegally. Lets look at a little more of the reality of how this plays out in the world. Here is a dramatic article in Computerworld about the big power company in CaliforniaSouthern California Edison.