Mark Takano: “Well, a 2 percent growth rate could translate into a reduction of our current 11 percent unemployment rate in my…”

“Well, a 2 percent growth rate could translate into a reduction of our current 11 percent unemployment rate in my district, which is located in Riverside County. We often, in the Inland Empire, as we call the region of California where I represent, we often lag behind the rest of the State when we are coming out of economic downturns. What I find most interesting about Chief Actuary Goss's statement, his reply to Senator Rubio's question was how comprehensive immigration reform will have a positive net effect on Social Security. And if you think about that carefully, and you compare our Nation to, say, a nation such as Japan, where there is no inflow of immigration, and where the population is aging, or other advanced nations where there is no significant amount of immigration, and their populations are aging, they are facing tremendous stresses on the ways in which they are going to provide for their senior citizens. It only makes sense that, to keep Social Security solvent, we want young, vibrant inflows of capable workers to pay the taxes that will support Social Security into the future.”