- Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:38 pm
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Mark
This is all just rubbish.
People work, they have jobs, they pay tax, that tax is used to fund schools and hospitals. It is not a finite thing, there has to be a budget, and there are always winners and losers, unfortunately there just isn't enough money to do everything.
The money we pay to Europe comes back to our Farmers and business men through grants. ( they get subsidies for growing all sorts, and this year they are even being paid set aside as well as being able to grow on the land to try and ease the global food problem.)
The reason the government is allowing this to happen is so that we can cope financially. If our economy does not grow, then we are in recession, in recession there are many soft and hard financial factors that come into play. Inflation being one.
Economies are cyclical and you need ups and downs, the immigration figures help us now to keep the up going a bit longer, and may well give us the time needed for further International factors to come into play to allow this continue even further into the future.
Yes there are down sides, a bigger population will need more money for schools and health, more than was forecast, but there will always be a corresponding increase in revenue from those additional people.
Unlike a business a Government or a country does not have a Balance sheet, all it's spending and investing are reported in the year they happen, you have to invest in the good times, and not in the leaner times to balance the books. You can borrow money in the poor years to invest, but have to then pay this back as well as invest in the good years ( G Browns idea )
Your points are really therefore factually quite inadequate, and your opinions are frankly very immature, Economics are rather more complicated than the scenario you put forward, and your conclusions are also simplistic.
Your good at juggling, not matters of national finances, therefore I suggest you stick to what you are good at.
Oh and as a society it is important that we give aid to the developing world why ? well they are the economies of tomorrow, they have vast mineral reserves, and many British quoted companies have huge investments in them. Those same companies that are quoted here in London, and form a large part of your Parents Pension funds. So think of the "donation" as being a round about way of you getting more pocket money !