"Is America younger than its economic rivals due to immigration?"

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Is America younger than its economic rivals due to immigration?

By Steve Contorno at politifact

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/dec/09/barack-obama/america-younger-competitors-because-immigration/

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"It's not a sexy argument to make to the public, but we are younger than our competitors, and that is entirely because of immigration," Obama told a group of business executives. "And when you look at the problems that China, Japan, Europe, Russia, are all going to have, a lot of it just has to do with their getting old. And we stay young because were constantly being replenished by these striving families from around the world. And we should want that to continue."

We agree that this argument isn’t sexy. But is it accurate?

The age of the population is important to a country because taxes generated by incomes of young workers support health care costs and Social Security benefits for those who are no longer working.




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