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And you talk about other people copping out.I don't need to, You wrote it and it's there for all to see... In context.
And you talk about other people copping out.I don't need to, You wrote it and it's there for all to see... In context.
The point is that it shouldn't be necessary, and in some cases this means that the person doesn't get offered the job in the first place.If it were my dream job I would willingly walk to London for a visa, unless it's a poorly paid job, but then it wouldn't be your dream job would it ? They've got loads of croissant makers in Paris anyway. Okay so btw, the government has just announced that the company moderna who's CEO earns approx $180m a year are paying over a £1billion, for new goodies, it's more like 5-10 £billion. Who is getting a share of this lot? Only just being discussed this afternoon. There's a rake off for someone.
Brilliant post.The problem with the EU's freedom of movement (and I am not necessarily against it - just have some concerns) is that people always look at it in terms of people wanting to move for dream jobs etc. Or complain because they can't get cheap foreign labour for certain sectors.
They rarely look at the other side - of people forced to move because of economic disparity and lack of opportunity. An exploitative brain drain that countries such as France benefit from at the expense of peripheral countries - destroy an economy through austerity and then skim off young workers to solve your own domestic issues. Leaving the sending country with demographic imbalances and a lower tax base, but that doesn't matter, of course.
That's before we look at the fact that the reason they can afford to offer dream jobs is because the poorest people in other countries are paying the burden of bailing out their irresponsible fucking banks.
Just had a practical example of Brexit putting a spanner in the works. My daughter, currently unemployed, has just been offered her dream job in Paris, I'm really really pleased for her. She was asked to start in 2 weeks time but can't because she needs a work visa which apparently takes a minimum 2 months to sort out. Also, she's going to have to go to London to get it in person.
Made me think that maybe this could put UK job applicants at a disadvantage in the EU. She couldn't get the same job here btw.
The point is that Brexit is restricting opportunities in the EU for young people in the UK.
They fucking didn’t,
Tough shit
Brilliant post.
It’s almost like an empire bleeding ‘lesser’ countries dry.
You're describing capitalism and the global movement of labour that long predates EU freedom of movement.The problem with the EU's freedom of movement (and I am not necessarily against it - just have some concerns) is that people always look at it in terms of people wanting to move for dream jobs etc. Or complain because they can't get cheap foreign labour for certain sectors.
They rarely look at the other side - of people forced to move because of economic disparity and lack of opportunity. An exploitative brain drain that countries such as France benefit from at the expense of peripheral countries - destroy an economy through austerity and then skim off young workers to solve your own domestic issues. Leaving the sending country with demographic imbalances and a lower tax base, but that doesn't matter, of course.
That's before we look at the fact that the reason they can afford to offer dream jobs is because the poorest people in other countries are paying the burden of bailing out their irresponsible fucking banks.
Or here’s a plan, bear with me,Entry requirements for permanent residence in the USA are very very strict. Remarkably, they're loosened when any area of their labour pool becomes depleted. You could argue, reasonably, that the Guatemalas, El Salvadors, of this world will experience slow and limited economic growth as their pool of talent is lured north.
Or here’s a plan, bear with me,
The billionaires (which there are more of than ever before in this country) get 5% less and the whole of the rest of the country get to live life well.
Deal or no deal….Or here’s a plan, bear with me,
The billionaires (which there are more of than ever before in this country) get 5% less and the whole of the rest of the country get to live life well.
Open the box 😂Deal or no deal….
With the better off countries sending coach side loads of money a week back to the lesser ones so they can raise their own boats?Brilliant post.
It’s almost like an empire bleeding ‘lesser’ countries dry.
We are just grist for the grind. A source of cheap labour so that people in wealthy countries can have cheap strawberries. A place where they can pick up assets on the cheap and privatise everything we own for their own profit. Where we pay to train and educate young people so that wealthier countries can benefit. Countries where we pay a heavy burden of taxes and see services cut to pay the debts of their financial institutions as part of a web of corruption that spreads outwards and serves selfish corporate interests.Brilliant post.
It’s almost like an empire bleeding ‘lesser’ countries dry.
But, EU freedom of movement exacerbates the issue (the existence of a brain drain within the EU is not a particularly controversial viewpoint and has been widely covered in the literature). Especially when tied to economic and mercantilist policies emanating from the core countries that beggar peripheral countries and deliberately contract their economies, using debt as a form of control.You're describing capitalism and the global movement of labour that long predates EU freedom of movement.
I’d have accepted the result.You’d care if Remain had won 52-48.
Farage wouldn’t have, he said so himself. I’ve accepted it simply because I can’t do anything about it but if it had gone the other way, I’m convinced it would’ve rumbled on and on. Like the Scottish independence vote, they lost but haven’t accepted it. Brexit would’ve been no different imo.I’d have accepted the result.