Is immigration really a blessing or a curse?
They don’t work hard enough. They can’t be bothered to learn English properly, to master rudimentary mathematics or other basic skills. They choose welfare over work. So let’s clear the way for the industrious youngsters who take Lord Tebbit’s advice by travelling far and wide to find work. Yes, it’s time to limit the number of British people allowed to work in the UK, so that we can hire more immigrants.
That, at least, is the conclusion you might draw from reports this week from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research and University College London. The first found that British employers hire foreigners because they are more productive than the natives; the second that recent European immigrants pay £8.8 billion more in tax than they consume in public services.… Seguir leyendo »