Tony, at 08:32 on Mar 14 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

DD>> If there was no imigration, I wouldn't have been able to 
DD>> settle here and offer you Australian bludgers the benefits 
DD>> of my skill, knowledge, experiences, wit, mail host 
DD>> capabilities etc.

TC> Yeah true enough,so we have the best immigrant possible and 
TC> he is already here,so why are we still bringing them in ?

Good point.  Halt imigration!

DD>> If they have something to offer, and we (the residents of 
DD>> Australia) require that something - let them in.

TC> Yeah for sure, the more SKILLED people like DR Chan and the 
TC> likes the better.But only if they have skills that are not 
TC> already available here. I have heard all sorts of stories,
TC> like the elderly Italian couple that came out here for 4 
TC> months on the Family & friends ,got nationalised and  
TC> went back to Italy on a full OZ pention 
TC> for the rest of their lives. As an OZ tax payer..doesn't 
TC> that piss you off?  

Does a tad.  I think the "skilled person" dragging the entire
extended family here is a bit much.

TC> As I said we are all bloody imigrants (I assume you have heard of 
TC> CARLAW PARK in NZ ),and it is probably bloody selfish of us to say,
TC> "well now that we are here lets stop anyone else from comming in and 
TC> stuffing it up". 

TC> Anyway, you bloody avoided the question..."Why shouldn't we 
TC> put a stop to imigration?"..I will add "except for the FEW 
TC> imigrants that have skills we are short of here"

Is Australia full?  Are there in fact no jobs, or are the jobs that are
vacant just too hard and in the wrong places for the bludgers?  Given
enough man (person) power, and enough shovels, we could redirect some of
the east coast rivers and irrigate the vast centre.  Then there'd be even
more jobs to harvest the crops grown out there.

TC> I don't believe politicians are all total idiots,yet both 
TC> parties support immigration..there must be a GOOD reason for 
TC> this,so bloody well tell me what it is? ie There was once a 
TC> kuffaffule (shit I should never have tackeled that word) 
TC> about the fact we were sending 1.2 million in aid to the 
TC> ivory coast and the idiot dictator there was spending it on 
TC> a MASSIVE church,because he wanted the pope to visit.His 
TC> people were starving to death all round him. It turned out 
TC> that he was also buying around $25 million dollars woth of 
TC> wheat. So there WAS a bloody good reason behind the 1.2 
TC> million in aide,as I am fairly sure there is also a good 
TC> reason for immigration,but no one will bloody well tell me 
TC> what it is. 

Never try to understand the pollies - it will drive you as bonkers as they are.

TC> cheers

br”st

David
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