On 06/11/2013 08:58, Adrian wrote:
On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:16:14 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

So that's a "No".

OK, fine. So you'd restrict access to local services to people from
other areas _within_ the UK, in the same way as to people from other EU
countries? If so, then the EU is an irrelevance to your argument. Your
argument is against population mobility, full stop.

However in this case, is it not the EU that facilitated the mobility of
a population

Because, of course, people from Ireland, Scotland, the North of England,
the South West haven't been heading to the South East (or wherever else's
been perceived as lucrative) to seek their fortunes for FAR FAR longer
than the UK's been an EU member, have they?

They have, however the scale of the migration is what makes the current
situation different.


Turn again, Dick Whittington.

that found our lavish public services and benefits system particularly
attractive?

So you're suggesting that the government should make hefty cutbacks to
public services and benefits?

We can't actually fund those which we currently provide, so it seems we
have the option of generating more revenue, or reducing spending since
an ever increasing debt burden is not sustainable. The revenue raising
can only happen as a result of private sector wealth generation - and
there are practical limits (in a developed economy) as to how fast they
can scale. If they can't keep up with the spend rate on public sector
costs, then you are left with only one viable option.


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Cheers,

John.

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