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Originally Posted by Britannist
Smidgey: The difference between the two sets of figures (in your posting number seventeen to this thread, above) is that in the first the rate of growth was not due to immigration - and the second set of figures immigration is responsible for at least 80% of the growth (as confirmed by Migrationwatch).
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Indeed, I agree.
But I do not see the difference.
Either way we are still breeding a society that relies on welfare more and more and less on hard work and wealth creation.
Other countries (such as America) have had huge rates of immigration compared to us (If I remember correctly it was in the 90 percentile in the same period when ours was a 17% increase). America is built on immigration and it has not harmed it. The two concerns over immigration into the UK are:
1) The welfare state.
2) Space.
The first, in my opinion, is a problem with welfare, not immigration. The second is a problem with immigration. If Britain had the space (like the USA), had a free market and had no welfare state, I would support much freer immigration policy, since there would be no freeloaders.