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Originally Posted by Azure
Funny how most of the issues are you mentioned can all be traced back to a single problem.
Allowing immigration, migrants and refugees to enter on a much higher rate than what the country can handle. Makes every problem 100x worse.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
That problem is downstream of the demographic decline problem.
The welfare state has only been around for about 70 years. When it started, there were 8 working taxpayers for each 1 dependent. Today, most developed countries are at around 3 to 1, and the ratio is still dropping.
No government in any country has figured out how to address that pitiless math in a way that voters will accept. If voters won’t tolerate mass immigration, something else will have to give - substantial cuts to public services, substantial increases to taxes on working citizens, or both.
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Well, yes and no.
See, in many other threads I'm always banging on about 'Sustainability' and unchecked immigration is a very serious problem because it over-taxes the existing infrastructure and France has proven this in many, many different ways.
Few jobs for immigrants to do, so now they've given up everything, come to a new place that is expensive to live in with no method of being able to afford it.
Then there is ghetto-ization. Many of these immigrant cultures group together which means that dissent can spread rapidly.
Further, the disillusionment of youth. There are few things more dangerous than idle and unemployed youth.
Think about it practically.
"Leave your old life behind! Come to our Country! We have no jobs for you, theres no money, theres no place to live and you cant afford anything and our over-run health system cant take care of you! Come on in!!"
Oh immigrants dont integrate into our Culture tho!!
No...ya screwed 'em. You lied to them. Regardless of race, religion, creed or colour, you screwed them over and they are rightly going to be pissed off about it.
Source: France.