Jeb Bush Says Immigrants 'More Fertile' By Peter Grier, Staff writer | csmonitor.com | June 14, 2013 Excerpts: WASHINGTON: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday told an audience of conservatives that the future of the US economy depends on immigrants in part because they are more fertile than native-born Americans and thus will produce many young workers to help support the aging US boomer generation. More fertile? Yes, thats a formulation Mr. Bush has used before, but its now drawing a lot of criticism on Twitter and elsewhere on the Web. Thats because its not the right word. Fertile means capable of reproduction, so what Bush was saying was immigrants are more physically able to have children. Thats not true. What Bush meant to say was that immigrants have a higher birthrate. In the years ahead, the United States will need a large cohort of young workers to pay taxes to help support the Social Security and Medicare expenses of retirees. With the native-born birthrate sinking toward a record low, immigration could be a big help in this regard, runs Bushs real argument. Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity, was Bushs full quote during his speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalitions annual conference in Washington. Its true that immigrant women per capita have more children than native-born women. Last November, a comprehensive Pew Research Center analysis of the latest available government data found that the immigrant birthrate in 2010 was 87.8 live births per every 1,000 women of childbearing age. The equivalent figure for native-born women was 58.9. (Its also true that the immigrant birthrate is declining. Hispanics are having fewer children per capita as they assimilate into US culture, as did previous waves of immigrants throughout US history.) Besides backing comprehensive immigration reform, he pushed for greater North American energy production; further changes to the education system, such as using student achievement to rank schools; and greater support for families, including nontraditional ones. Let me remind you, families dont look all the time like they used to, and thats OK, Bush said. We have to be supportive of a single mom or dad, or the grandmother taking care of young children. But on Friday at least, the right-leaning conference that Bush spoke to was not buying it. Bushs arguments for immigration reform were met with near silence from the conservative crowd Friday, and following his speech the former Florida governor received a polite standing ovation, CNN reported. In general, the tea party and anti-immigration-reform Republicans remain suspicious of Bush. Within the current GOP, he stands as a moderate. We need to embrace comprehensive immigration reform because ... fertility? Remember when Barbara Bush said, Weve had enough Bushes? gibed the conservative website Twitchy following Bushs speech Friday. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Dec...h-says-immigrants-more-fertile.-Is-that-right ........ IMO: Jeb Bush has lost the conservative element of the republican party with his words like: Families dont look all the time like they used to, and thats OK, we have to be supportive of a single mom or dad, or a grandmother yaking care of young children as that is just the kind of conversation that makes republicans heads explode. And to say that American woman were not as fertile as Latinos is wrong...American women are smarter and decide how many children we want in life. It is obvious that the Bush family dynasty is over after the erstwhile presidency of GW Bush who did everything he could to wreck the country as well as the world. Jeb Bush would flounder in the acrid hatred for his brother and it would prove disastrous for his candidacy for the presidency. I believe that it will take decades after GW is gone before America would ever think kindly, if ever, upon the Bush Family Dynasty.
Uncle Ferd says dat's why he don't use condoms... Research points to link between male fertility, plasticizers Wed, Nov 18, 2015 - TESTING TESTES: The level of plasticizers in the system of an infertile man was more than double that of a fertile mans, a research team discovered
No big mystery why Jeb the mental giant is doing so poorly in the polls. I saw a TV ad he put out and he sounds like Frankenstein talking.
A Big Surprise ? No, just a Repub who views women as breeding cattle.."bringin' in fresh blood to improve the herd so we have plenty of worker drones and cannon fodder"" From the OP : """(It’s also true that the immigrant birthrate is declining. Hispanics are having fewer children per capita as they assimilate into US culture, as did previous waves of immigrants throughout US history.)"""" Yup, give any women a CHOICE and guess what ? She USES that right to choose............no wonder Repubs want to destroy CHOICE
It would be interesting to compare those birth rates to the percentage of children and mothers receiving government benefits. However, there is a school of economic thought that the USA is facing a HUGE problem of tens of millions of baby boomers coming into SS and Medicare rolls, with a lessening number of workers to support them for 20 to 30+ years of retirement.
