On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:02:30 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

Whereas, of course, if you're "indigenous" you have a god-given right
to live in comfort

Yes - or at least I want to compete with my peers

Some of them.

and not a load of people

Your peers

to whom our pay is worth 2-4 times more by the time they get most of it
home.

But that person has "taken" your job. They kinda need to live here for
that, so they're kinda by definition spending their money here - at
least, as far as the basic cost of living is concerned.

Anyway, why is what somebody else chooses to spend their pay on so
important to you? Would you like it if your employer insisted on seeing a
record of your monthly expenditure, and based your pay on what they
thought you spent (according to their view) "wisely"?

without having to do more than the _absolute_ bare minimum to earn it?

Never said that...

It was certainly implied.

OK, so you're quite happy for rewards to be in proportion to the work
required, and for the free market to set the rate for those rewards?

No, wait. You want protectionism based on nationality.

Do you want an indian outsourcing firm to take your job? Even more
extreme example.

Why is the origin of the firm relevant?
In fact, come to that, when did India join the EU?