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Immigration - shd thr be an upper limit?

I've listened to the arguments this morning, and find the case for unlimited immigration poorly supported.

The essential fact is that we are in an upward spiral: we need more immigrants to service an increasing population.

Indiginous populations (the English) seem disinclined to take low pay jobs. Why not increase the minimum wage? I'd sweep the roads for £25,000 per annum, tho it wdnt be necessary to go quite that high.

One caller made the very good point that the children of immigrants will not themselves want to take low pay, low status jobs.

We have an ageing population - who's going to pay for their pensions? Immigrants? And who's going to pay for THEIR pensions - more immigrants?

Another caller referred to the classic examples of Jewish and Hugenot immigration. The Jews didn't come in millions; the Hugenots were fleeing religious dogmatism - we are IMPORTING religious dogmatists.

Blunkett has blown it for me. I am in favour of ID cards, but he seems to be telling us that he will issue ID cards to all-comers.

Cometh the Time, cometh the Man.

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Posted by: Mathwin at November 13, 2003 10:23 AM