Good job bruv, all that TALENT coming in on the boats. Channel 4 interviewer didn’t even bring up the boats. Either media incompetence, or corruption.
We need more migrants in the UK (and Western Europe) more generally. We have an ageing population, life expectancy has increased hugely since our state pensions were set up, and the massive post-war baby boomer generation are all retiring and need their pension paid for likely 20+ years of retirement.
The options for paying for all this are either:
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Make the state pension offering less generous - less money at later retirement ages.
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Make the younger generations pay taxes through the teeth to fund the boomers through several decades of retirement.
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Make it easier for ambitious hardworking young people to come to the UK legally to live, work and pay taxes.
The first and second option both raise big problems of intergenerational fairness. The third option seems like a win for everyone involved.
