It says. as you look ahead over the next 10 years. the biggest single factor with respect to growth rates that dont keep up with the past averages are demographic changes. the fact that baby boomers are going to be retiring. and they are not going to be in the workforce. You just have to look at the CBO report from this budget year. So. you would think that one way to deal with that would be to pass immigration reform. In fact. the Congressional Budget Office says that that will help spur economic growth. It will also help add to the solvency of Social Security because you will have more workers today supporting the baby boomers who are retiring over the next couple of years. If you really want a progrowth budget. you would support the Democratic approach that provides help to struggling families working every day. invest in our future by investing in our kids education. and pass comprehensive immigration reform. There was a bipartisan bill that passed the Senate last year. Over here in the House. what happened to it? It is not that there was a vote on it and it went down. We never even had a vote here in this body on comprehensive immigration reform. one of the things that the budget pros and the economists say could help spur our economy in the years ahead. something that is supported by the Chamber of Commerce. as well as folks in the labor community. No. Republicans didnt want to do that.
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