Sir lastnail wrote on Feb 21
st, 2018 at 11:11am:
Abort has committed heresy by talking about cutting back immigration. The topic that no poly wants to talk about
LOL
It is a topic that merits discussion. I also believe we should reduce immigration by about half, but for different reasons.
IMO immigration is too high because we're not raising enough taxes to pay for the infrastructure that is needed for so many people. Every extra person costs roughly $50,000 to pay for infrastructure such as roads, schools and hospitals and this extra cost is not being met.
We have thousands of illegal immigrants entering the country and disappearing each year, mostly visa overstayers. Nothing is being done to stop this. Employers who employ them are not being punished for using black market labour. Why?
We're not spending enough money on educating our own workforce. A lot of that education money is being misappropriated on courses that do not address skills shortages. Immigration is no substitute for educating our own people.
IMO we should cut immigration by roughly half, with the deepest cuts coming from employer-sponsored migration.