Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby

Monday, 31 August 2015

Taking benefits AND the jobs !

"Nobody can quite decide whether migrants are a problem because they work so hard that they’re taking all the jobs (the biggest fear of a working class pummelled by unemployment and falling wages) or because they’re too lazy to work so they’re taking all the benefit money (the biggest fear of a middle class suffering with rising rents and cuts to social services)."

Originally shared by Katherine Phelps

We have the same creep happening in Australia.
We have to get beyond outrage and fear, that is what the Abbot goverment is feeding on. We have to boldly speak about the value of peace and what it really means.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/08/europe-shouldn-t-worry-about-migrants-it-should-worry-about-creeping-fascism
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