22-12-2008, 03:32 PM
I think you've said it all, Maggie.
There's also other more insidious ways of keeping labor costs down---get the Government (taxpayer) to underwrite mass immigration, for one. They will also obligingly underwrite all the social costs involved in overcrowding, joblessness, higher crime rates, lack of adequate infrastructure etc.
(N.B. any infrastructure which makes a buck like telecommunications, power generation etc, then the corporate sector would love to participate. But if you're talking about unprofitable infrastructure, like public schools, then forget it.)
Mass immigration at a time of economic depression, housing shortages, water shortages and environmental degradation guarantees one thing---a large pool of cheap and desperate labor.
There were times when high immigration was desirable. This is not one of those times. The Australian immigration minister has stated it's very important for our global 'brand name' that immigration remains high--it's at its highest level in the history of this country--as if that kind of marketing spin lingo is somehow important or relevant.
The Minister says he is sympathetic to the arguments for high immigration which have been pushed by the Business Council of Australia. I thought politicians had a binding agreement with those who put them there. I don't remember voting for the BCA. Suddenly the Government listens to them and not us.
They're packing them in in London, Paris, Sydney and wherever they can get the Governments to do their bidding. Bastards.
There's also other more insidious ways of keeping labor costs down---get the Government (taxpayer) to underwrite mass immigration, for one. They will also obligingly underwrite all the social costs involved in overcrowding, joblessness, higher crime rates, lack of adequate infrastructure etc.
(N.B. any infrastructure which makes a buck like telecommunications, power generation etc, then the corporate sector would love to participate. But if you're talking about unprofitable infrastructure, like public schools, then forget it.)
Mass immigration at a time of economic depression, housing shortages, water shortages and environmental degradation guarantees one thing---a large pool of cheap and desperate labor.
There were times when high immigration was desirable. This is not one of those times. The Australian immigration minister has stated it's very important for our global 'brand name' that immigration remains high--it's at its highest level in the history of this country--as if that kind of marketing spin lingo is somehow important or relevant.
The Minister says he is sympathetic to the arguments for high immigration which have been pushed by the Business Council of Australia. I thought politicians had a binding agreement with those who put them there. I don't remember voting for the BCA. Suddenly the Government listens to them and not us.
They're packing them in in London, Paris, Sydney and wherever they can get the Governments to do their bidding. Bastards.