hill16bhoy wrote: » There has always been new technology. Jobs have always been disappearing due to new technology, and other ones are always being created in new areas.
MFPM wrote: » At least you recognise the 'other' side are being regressive, that's a step forward. Intersting too that you're concerned about 'childish bollox, name calling' but you seem perfectly fine with the random threats of violence but then again they're only coming from one side, the 'side' you seem most sympatheitc too.
hill16bhoy wrote: » Here you go. There isn't even a debate about whether immigration benefits societies. It's categorical. It does. To fail to see this, one has to be illiterate in economics.
Why migration to Ireland should be encouraged Immigrants could be key in tackling the demographic crises faced by the Statehttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-migration-to-ireland-should-be-encouraged-1.3157810
Where now for Irish population levels? That will be largely determined by future migration levels. Without any net migration there will be a steady, but slow population increase given fairly constant birth and death rates. With large net immigration flows, it could increase rapidly or not increase at all if net emigration resumes.
Clearly the country could accommodate say a twofold increase in population, to almost 10 million, and still have far fewer people per square kilometre than, for example, England, Germany or the Netherlands.
There is little evidence also to suggest that migrants, from the European Union in particular, push down wages or displace the jobs of domestic workers.
Statistics Show Syrian Refugees Help Host Country Economies By Erin Rubin ERIN RUBIN | May 12, 2017https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/05/12/statistics-show-syrian-refugees-help-host-country-economies/
More migrant workers needed to offset ageing population, says IMF Fund’s report advises advanced economies against greater controls on migrationhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/09/get-more-migrant-workers-to-offset-strain-of-ageing-population-warns-imf
Busting Europe’s Migration Myths The economic benefits are huge, and public opposition is softening.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-07-12/busting-europe-s-migration-myths Why care about undocumented immigrants? For one thing, they’ve become vital to key sectors of the US economy June 25, 2018 11.33am BSThttps://theconversation.com/why-care-about-undocumented-immigrants-for-one-thing-theyve-become-vital-to-key-sectors-of-the-us-economy-98790
pumpkin4life wrote: » African gangs from Balbriggan getting the dart down to mug people in Clontarf.
emptyhouse2222 wrote: » Is there any safe country in africa for celts to immigrate to
emptyhouse2222 wrote: » if Irish people are so xenophobic why are we not having constant threads about the polish eating our swans why do Irish xenophobes only talk about Muslims and Africans surely you can say the same about polish, or Chinese, or Americans, or Finnish, or Romanians, or German, or Filipinos, or dutch, or French
emptyhouse2222 wrote: » why do irish xenophobes only talk about muslims and africnas
CinemaGuy45 wrote: » The ones you really want to watch out for are those Amish it is always the quiet ones you have to be careful of. By the way, just popping out for a while to dump a few rubbish bags on a nearby halting site.:p
CinemaGuy45 wrote: » The ones you really want to watch out for are those Amish it is always the quiet ones you have to be careful of.By the way, just popping out for a while to dump a few rubbish bags on a nearby halting site.:p
TeaBagMania wrote: » because their religious and cultural values bring little to no positive aspects to the predominantly white countries they are moving to
emptyhouse2222 wrote: » the brittish people in rochdale would beg to differ with you
TeaBagMania wrote: » Please have them post their wonderful experiences with islam and the african people in this thread
Dannyriver wrote: » Why are you so worried about someones culture and religion why don t you just **** off and mind your own business.
Omackeral wrote: » That's great in theory. If everyone did that, there'd be no problem at all. But then I'll direct you to this video from Paris, only a short hop from our shores. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tSYGfEg1IY
Gimme A Pound wrote: » "We do things here like we do them in our own countries" - so they are not still living in said home countries because...? This is frightening but I've got to go and get more bothered by Baby It's Cold Outside.
Billy Mays wrote: » This one thinks Pakistan is in Africa :eek:
_Kaiser_ wrote: » Worse is the girl in the 2nd part of the video who tries to make herself "invisible" by changing her clothing, no make up etc. So 2 questions to our resident "nothing to worry about" types.. 1. Is the "culture" and attitudes depicted in the above video something you think has any place in Ireland? 2. Why do you think that it would be any different here? Or is this just to be dismissed as "fake news" so that these awkward questions can be ignored?
TeaBagMania wrote: » wait are you saying islam does not exist on every continent?
_Kaiser_ wrote: » OK, seeing as you've provided some actual content here, I'll run through it... I'll ignore this. Adds nothing OK, so the basis of your argument is "the Irish went everywhere" is it? That's true.. but they went to work and fleeing actual starvation and real poverty. They also had no welfare net or liberal backers if they didn't work/contribute. The world was a very different place then as well where manual labour was a valuable commodity. Not so much anymore, and not in our service/knowledge-driven economy in 2018. But, what are the benefits from your perspective then? Please do define them as you see it. You're of course aware that we're in the midst of a housing crisis - not just in terms of available housing in suitable locations, but affordability. So again, where do you propose to house these people? I'm assuming you're not actually serious about expelling legitimate migrants and residents in favour of these illegals who will be entirely welfare-dependent in at least the short to medium terms? So you would propose increasing the corporation tax - the one tax our economy vitally depends on to retain those multinationals and FDI - to fund people who have no skills, no means to support themselves, and alongside that you want to give tax breaks to vulture funds (that are already ripping off renters) top house these people at presumably the taxpayer's expense at least twice over? Everything up to "very easy" I completely agree with. Religion has caused untold damage in this country and we have finally moved away from it in the last 20 years - not entirely, but getting there. However, the religion many of these people are bringing with them is a very different thing to the RCC. I'm sure you're aware of the problems in the UK, or mainland Europe, or the poor Irish lecturer who was murdered by a former student in France this week because he allegedly insulted the Prophet. Apples and oranges.
I'll ignore this. Adds nothing
OK, so the basis of your argument is "the Irish went everywhere" is it?
That's true.. but they went to work and fleeing actual starvation and real poverty.
They also had no welfare net or liberal backers if they didn't work/contribute.
The world was a very different place then as well where manual labour was a valuable commodity. Not so much anymore, and not in our service/knowledge-driven economy in 2018.
But, what are the benefits from your perspective then? Please do define them as you see it.
You're of course aware that we're in the midst of a housing crisis - not just in terms of available housing in suitable locations, but affordability.
So again, where do you propose to house these people? I'm assuming you're not actually serious about expelling legitimate migrants and residents in favour of these illegals who will be entirely welfare-dependent in at least the short to medium terms?
So you would propose increasing the corporation tax - the one tax our economy vitally depends on to retain those multinationals and FDI - to fund people who have no skills, no means to support themselves,
and alongside that you want to give tax breaks to vulture funds (that are already ripping off renters) top house these people at presumably the taxpayer's expense at least twice over?
That would be taxation, perhaps we could stop giving tax breaks to REITs and increase corpo tax - what you think?
However, the religion many of these people are bringing with them is a very different thing to the RCC.
I'm sure you're aware of the problems in the UK, or mainland Europe, or the poor Irish lecturer who was murdered by a former student in France this week because he allegedly insulted the Prophet.
DS86DS wrote: » **** all to do with Balbriggan does it? A traumatised couple talking about been attacked by the little sh¦ts IN BALBRIGGAN has nothing to do with Balbriggan????? Alright I've had enough of the softie polite approach........When this lot gets deported, I would be thinking you lot would follow I will personally shine my boots and kick your reddened arses into outer space where the lot of you belong
Omackeral wrote: » Not to mention they're fellow EU citizens and have every right to be here working and contributing. That seems irrelevant though.
MFPM wrote: » ... lots of personal insults (in almost every line!), deflection, and yet nothing actually answered...