Originally Posted by
animallittle3
Because freedom of movement is complicit in creating the Amazons of this world coming here and paying buttons an hour .
At least if Toyota and Honda take their production elsewhere which you can't stop then the Amazons coming in to replace these skilled jobs don't have the benefits of a huge cheap labour market .
So the price of that labour increases and is relatively comparable with the jobs we've lost .
At the end of the day I don't care who makes what or who comes here but what I do care about is the distribution of wealth and the working class getting a fair slice of it .
This isn't about me this is about my grandkids and their ability to work and prosper and have the opportunities previous generations were able to obtain .
I was able to purchase a house relatively comfortably on a living wage back in the day , have savings , go on holiday , go out at the weekend .
Unthinkable for my 18 year old step daughter and her partner , we have to fill in their financial gaps just to keep a roof over their heads and pay the bills , they don't go out , don't have a car and never had a holiday together and obviously have no savings .
This is the scenario for millions of young people today .
An extra three or four quid an hour gives them the shot my generation had .