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 Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 18 May 16 11.15am |
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Originally posted by big_palace_fan
Why is everyone obsessed with low paid migrants? The evidence suggests their effect on wages on non-migrant workers is none / perhaps only very slightly downward for certain groups. Stop focussing your anger on the wrong people. Also, the cost of both migrants and non-migrants claiming benefits they don't need nor deserve is a far smaller than the cost the austerity has imposed upon our country. Moreover, the cost that tax avoiding companies and individuals put on our country far outstrips a few poor people claiming benefits. Direct your anger and fustrations in the right direction. The anger should be aimed at companies AND individuals taking the piss whether they are from Albania, Algeria Altrincham or Addiscombe Edited by Y Ddraig Goch (18 May 2016 11.15am)
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We are goin up!  Coulsdon 18 May 16 11.19am |
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Does make me laugh how the left is pro-immigration and yet pro affordable housing. The two are contradictory. As long as supply is tough to find in a tight city like London, increased demand will lead to crazy prices and "gentrification".
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 18 May 16 11.25am |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
Does make me laugh how the left is pro-immigration and yet pro affordable housing. The two are contradictory. As long as supply is tough to find in a tight city like London, increased demand will lead to crazy prices and "gentrification". The left also say that they stand for workers receiving a reasonable living wage however this too is unsustainable due to an endless supply of cheap foreign labour pushing down wages.
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| Sportyteacher London 18 May 16 11.47am |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Tory voters Kermit8: You get MY nomination for GOLD star of the week. Too true. Simple truth is that you get what you deserve by way of who you vote for and how you hold them accountable for their manifesto promises.
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| DanH SW2 18 May 16 11.52am |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
Does make me laugh how the left is pro-immigration and yet pro affordable housing. The two are contradictory. As long as supply is tough to find in a tight city like London, increased demand will lead to crazy prices and "gentrification". Yet the right hate market interference and stopping immigration is market interference. Lots of contradictions on both sides.
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| big_palace_fan 18 May 16 11.58am |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
Does make me laugh how the left is pro-immigration and yet pro affordable housing. The two are contradictory. As long as supply is tough to find in a tight city like London, increased demand will lead to crazy prices and "gentrification". Not from the left but the soloution is incredibly simple: Build. More. Houses.
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| big_palace_fan 18 May 16 11.59am |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
The anger should be aimed at companies AND individuals taking the piss whether they are from Albania, Algeria Altrincham or Addiscombe Edited by Y Ddraig Goch (18 May 2016 11.15am) Fair point, but disproportionate amount of media debate/ debate on here is spent talking about people on benefits, when their relative cost is far smaller than say, austerity or tax avoidance.
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| Hoof Hearted 18 May 16 12.03pm | |
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Originally posted by big_palace_fan
Not from the left but the soloution is incredibly simple: Build. More. Houses. but the solution is actually more simpler than that. Stop. People. Coming. Here
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| DanH SW2 18 May 16 12.10pm |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
but the solution is actually more simpler than that. Stop. People. Coming. Here Or exterminate anyone over the age of 70. Would solve the pension crisis as well.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 18 May 16 12.11pm |
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Migrants claiming benefits are those who have legally earned them. You have to work in the UK for 5 years before you become fully entitled to benefits (which is essentially the point at which you would be considered automatic eligible for UK citizenship). People like to blame migrants, because what they can't do is blame the political parties they vote for, who represent corporate interests above their own (or in many cases would be partially responsible for the promotion of, or implementation of those interests). Its a faux 'racism' argument, popularised by certain right wing political agendas*, because it absolves them of the responsibility for dealing with a major issue. Either in terms of controlling the flow of migration, or raising taxation on the increased corporate profits to compensate society. Basically, if you voted Labour or Conservative from the 80s onwards, this is what you actually voted for (in fact its kind of been going on, albeit on a lesser more controlled manner, since the post war boom). * I use right wing political agendas, because we haven't had a left wing government since 1979.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 18 May 16 12.17pm |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
but the solution is actually more simpler than that. Stop. People. Coming. Here Well, no, that wouldn't work either, we need a degree of migration, simply to facilitate the function of state and existing UK economic needs (given the UK economy is entirely dependent on the Financial Market and we have a massive level of foreign companies). Not to mention, the number of people who leave the UK permanently each year (230,000 or so, of which 125,000 are British Citizens). There are no simply put arguments. Completely halting migration could quite quickly cripple the UK economy, especially if it resulted in 'sending many migrants home' Any change would need to be graduated and controlled, otherwise you simply replace problems with new problems. People always seem to think there is a simple solution, its never true. Simply privatising the utility companies, created new problems, simply selling off housing stock created new problems, simply allowing 'freedom of movement' created new problems.
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| We are goin up! Coulsdon 18 May 16 12.18pm |
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Originally posted by big_palace_fan
Not from the left but the soloution is incredibly simple: Build. More. Houses. Do you honestly think if it was that simply they wouldn't have done it already??
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