Originally Posted by Paul Markham

So how do fruits get picked in those countries the migrants come from?

You have Mexicans for the same reasons Europe has Eastern Europeans, to keep wages low.

As for unemployed being too lazy, force them to do the job or not get benefits. Or face rising taxes or debt as the country pays one person to do nothing while import another to do his job.

Horatio stupid is your hobby.



Read this. It says unemployment is driving up debt. It does it in two ways, drives up the cost of supporting the unemployed and removes people from being tax payers to being reliant on the State.





All done to keep wages down and drive up unemployment benefits. While you win, on one hand, you lose on the other. Maybe if Government borrowing was limited and taxes were raised to mirror the costs, you might not be so stupid. It may just reveal the real costs.