Busing people out of Detroit and Michigan

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Why limit it to buses and to the U.S.? If people need jobs, maybe we should send them [[voluntarily, of course) to a country where government regulation hasn't prevented the creation of jobs. How about China, India, anywhere in Asia? The cost of a one-way airfare would be much less than unemployment benefits, welfare, etc.

You're being facetious, but you're actually closer to the mark than you know. Throughout human history, there has been economic emigration. In the 19th century, the outflow was from Europe to the U.S. in the 20th, it's been the Third World to the First World.

In the mid-to-late 21st century, I'd be willing to bet that you'll have many more US immigrants in China. That is, if they'll let us in. Or maybe we'll be treated with the same... um, warm hospitality... that we provided to the Chinese railroad workers 150 years ago.

Ridiculous? Maybe. But your ancestors in 1700 over in Ireland or Russia or Italy didn't think their descendants would be making their way in the American wilderness, either.

[Red Devil]

This is a very interesting topic. Since China will still have roughly a billion people and hundreds of millions of peasants for some time, I don't see them taking in desperate US workers or a lot of foreigners period [[as we know, they had a problem with that in the 19th century). However, the very few with specialized skills China needs, Mandarin ability, and a willingess to do things the Chinese way may be able to find some interesting opportunity there or as part of a Chinese MNC. I wonder where else Americans could find themselves migrating to en masse this century...