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Government admit that mass immigration has destroyed wages for British workers. The Treasury Select Committee includes MP's from the LibDems, Tories, Labour & SNP
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/p...cle4352879.ece
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/p...cle4352879.ece
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I think you've editorialised this news article a lot. The title in the article is 'Low pay misery blamed on influx of migrant workers', not 'Government admits immigration has destroyed wages for British workers'.
Yes some MPs have admitted that they think 'migrant workers are depressing wages', but they've also acknowledged 'the benefits of immigration for the labour market.' So it works both ways. We can't have our cake and eat it; i.e. we can't expect to enjoy the benefits of what immigrants bring to the economy without realising that there's bound to be some kind of drawback.
I haven't seen all of the article because I don't pay to read The Times, so there might be more to the story than I'm aware of - but I think it's unlikely there is. Everyone's just looking for someone to blame when the economy is even remotely struggling.
Yes some MPs have admitted that they think 'migrant workers are depressing wages', but they've also acknowledged 'the benefits of immigration for the labour market.' So it works both ways. We can't have our cake and eat it; i.e. we can't expect to enjoy the benefits of what immigrants bring to the economy without realising that there's bound to be some kind of drawback.
I haven't seen all of the article because I don't pay to read The Times, so there might be more to the story than I'm aware of - but I think it's unlikely there is. Everyone's just looking for someone to blame when the economy is even remotely struggling.
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I am not answering the stupid poll question.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
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(Original post by Ace123)
Government admit that mass immigration has destroyed wages for British workers. The Treasury Select Committee includes MP's from the LibDems, Tories, Labour & SNP
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/p...cle4352879.ece
Government admit that mass immigration has destroyed wages for British workers. The Treasury Select Committee includes MP's from the LibDems, Tories, Labour & SNP
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/p...cle4352879.ece
I can't really see how they've destroyed my wages tbh.
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Yet another thinly veiled anti-immigration semi-racist thread blatantly spinning the title into half baked rhetori for its on purpose.
Pathetically transparent.
Edit - ''rhetoric'' sorry my keyboard's on its way out.
Pathetically transparent.
Edit - ''rhetoric'' sorry my keyboard's on its way out.
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(Original post by DorianGrayism)
I am not answering the stupid poll question.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
I am not answering the stupid poll question.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
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Depressing wages is obviously bad for the worker but good for business. One could argue that low wages help British businesses to be more competitive and so employ more people including British people.
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(Original post by Maker)
Depressing wages is obviously bad for the worker but good for business. One could argue that low wages help British businesses to be more competitive and so employ more people including British people.
Depressing wages is obviously bad for the worker but good for business. One could argue that low wages help British businesses to be more competitive and so employ more people including British people.
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(Original post by Reluire)
I think you've editorialised this news article a lot.
I think you've editorialised this news article a lot.
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(Original post by Maker)
Depressing wages is obviously bad for the worker but good for business. One could argue that low wages help British businesses to be more competitive and so employ more people including British people.
Depressing wages is obviously bad for the worker but good for business. One could argue that low wages help British businesses to be more competitive and so employ more people including British people.
Women completely entering the workforce on equal footing also depressed wages and decreased standards of living for everyone. Forcing mothers out of the house to work for the same standard of living as a single wage family.
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(Original post by HigherMinion)
Good idea. Employ more people for a non-living wage. This is definitely not something people think is a bad idea.
Women completely entering the workforce on equal footing also depressed wages and decreased standards of living for everyone. Forcing mothers out of the house to work for the same standard of living as a single wage family.
Good idea. Employ more people for a non-living wage. This is definitely not something people think is a bad idea.
Women completely entering the workforce on equal footing also depressed wages and decreased standards of living for everyone. Forcing mothers out of the house to work for the same standard of living as a single wage family.
It decreased relative living standards for single person households.
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(Original post by HigherMinion)
Good idea. Employ more people for a non-living wage. This is definitely not something people think is a bad idea.
Women completely entering the workforce on equal footing also depressed wages and decreased standards of living for everyone. Forcing mothers out of the house to work for the same standard of living as a single wage family.
Good idea. Employ more people for a non-living wage. This is definitely not something people think is a bad idea.
Women completely entering the workforce on equal footing also depressed wages and decreased standards of living for everyone. Forcing mothers out of the house to work for the same standard of living as a single wage family.
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#13
(Original post by Quady)
Well thats not true.
It decreased relative living standards for single person households.
Well thats not true.
It decreased relative living standards for single person households.
(Original post by TurboCretin)
A couple earning £50k apiece retain more of their combined earnings than one person earning £100k.
A couple earning £50k apiece retain more of their combined earnings than one person earning £100k.
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(Original post by HigherMinion)
You're both missing the point. If one wage can support a family, the other can do what? Support their children. Finances and "independence" aren't actually the most important thing in the world, you know. Propagation and survival is. Division of labour was incredibly important to the stable private British culture.
You're both missing the point. If one wage can support a family, the other can do what? Support their children. Finances and "independence" aren't actually the most important thing in the world, you know. Propagation and survival is. Division of labour was incredibly important to the stable private British culture.
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(Original post by Quady)
Propagation and survival of the human race is pretty inconsequential.
Propagation and survival of the human race is pretty inconsequential.
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(Original post by HigherMinion)
You're both missing the point. If one wage can support a family, the other can do what? Support their children. Finances and "independence" aren't actually the most important thing in the world, you know. Propagation and survival is. Division of labour was incredibly important to the stable private British culture.
You're both missing the point. If one wage can support a family, the other can do what? Support their children. Finances and "independence" aren't actually the most important thing in the world, you know. Propagation and survival is. Division of labour was incredibly important to the stable private British culture.
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#17
Yes and it's fantastic for our economy so let it continue.
The question is not really debatable though as to whether immigration causes reduced wages for domestic workers in the short-term, it obviously does as it results in higher supply of labour and labour which is very cheap too. However the economic advantages that brings will in the long run in real terms increase the wages of everyone, those immigrants and the incumbent brits.
The problems associated with it are more cultural and social than economic, immigration is always a good thing economically which is why the EU and Gordon Brown pushed so hard for the free movement of labour.
The question is not really debatable though as to whether immigration causes reduced wages for domestic workers in the short-term, it obviously does as it results in higher supply of labour and labour which is very cheap too. However the economic advantages that brings will in the long run in real terms increase the wages of everyone, those immigrants and the incumbent brits.
The problems associated with it are more cultural and social than economic, immigration is always a good thing economically which is why the EU and Gordon Brown pushed so hard for the free movement of labour.
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#18
(Original post by HigherMinion)
What the hell are you talking about?
What the hell are you talking about?
What were you on about?
How is propagation important to me?
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#19
(Original post by TurboCretin)
It was also pretty stifling for women who fancied a life outside the kitchen. The division of labour of which you speak contributed quite strongly toward a perception that women don't belong in certain roles in society. For some women, home-making isn't the most important thing in the world, you know.
It was also pretty stifling for women who fancied a life outside the kitchen. The division of labour of which you speak contributed quite strongly toward a perception that women don't belong in certain roles in society. For some women, home-making isn't the most important thing in the world, you know.
Just a personal anecdote, but three of my great aunties were spinsters whom all lived together in London. Not rich, but rather comfortable- all worked and none of them felt at all oppressed. If I recall, there was an issue requiring they get a man's signature to guarantee their mortgage for the house, but that's all. They all had comfortable jobs and didn't need a man; it's just that most want one. It's rather natural to want children, you know?
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#20
(Original post by DorianGrayism)
I am not answering the stupid poll question.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
I am not answering the stupid poll question.
If you pay higher wages to workers with little to no skills then goods will be expensive.
That just means the poor will pay for the increase in goods or people will import cheaper goods from abroad and businesses will close down.
So I really don't care if immigration makes wages lower.
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