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Originally Posted by Manfap
The UK is not in debt because of the EU, it ran a pretty constant 40-50% debt for years until the 2008 crash which even you cannot blame the EU for.
If you are going to bring 5 million people into the country you need to put the infrastructure in place to cope with them.
The UK gov know's this and ignored it.
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Bringing in 5 million people in and building infrastructure has costs. Firstly building houses for those people to live in, because unless they earn enough to buy their own they rely on government to supply. Then there's the children who need educating. Then healthcare, then jobs that pay enough so the new comers can pay enough in taxes to pay for their infrastructure.Then policing.
If all it achieves is driving down wages, companies no longer need to train Brits when they can import cheaper, trained and experienced from abroad, the government has to take up the costs of training the young.
You are right about the UK gov know's this and ignored it, so companies could make more money.
The UK Debt to GDP was because the banks crashed and industry that we used to have has gone and along with it the well paid jobs, manufacturing plants and all the wealth they generated. Now with austerity really biting the UK is just managing to keep debt to 88%. Are you advocating they spend even more to drive it up again?
Limiting migration to only those who earn enough to support themselves and their families is a must. That includes paying enough in taxes so the government can afford to build the infrastructure needed. Which is why in the new White Paper issued by the UK government they have set the same limit to EU citizens migrating as applies to non-EU citizens.