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Originally Posted by Redlambs
This is where you are getting confused with a general debate. I'm not trying to form an immigration policy, I was responding to the question of why the majority of people are now tending to come down on the side of immigration being a bad thing.
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fair enough
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Originally Posted by Redlambs
Just because you know a thing or two about the economic effects, it doesn't mean you live the day to day life of people it directly involves. You may well do, I don't know, but to accuse everyone of knowing less than you is completely missing the point. It's what the government are doing too. What you are seemingly unable to understand is that there are a hell of a lot of areas it's negatively impacting. The economy as a whole may benefit, but people won't always see that, they'll look outside their window first.
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This is where it gets difficult. For most issues (not only immigration) the government has to make unpopular decisions and explain this to the electorate. This government doesn't, but my guess is that any other plausible government won't either. But regardless of whether or not it's explained, that doesn't mean that the right thing to do is to blow off the unpopular decision.
I do understand that there are areas that are negatively impacted by immigration, but I keep saying that the correct policy response is not to restrict immigration, it's to solve the problem by other means (see my example on reallocating resources in the NHS).
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Originally Posted by Redlambs
You'll actually find I sit roughly somewhere in the middle, if anything I'm more to the side of immigration, but as you know immigration in the right sense. Skilled workers coming to Britain and not only working hard and living a good life, but also becoming part of Britain and all it offers. The way I see it, the biggest problem is obviously the government. They've made a shambles of the whole thing, basically letting in far too many people who have nothing to offer, while also failing to educate the whole of Britain on the benefits and why we should be proud to be such a multicultural society.
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I agree.