Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
But if you don't say what you think about these topics your views may not be represented. It's like a bubble, the more air/ideas are put out on a topic the more people are engaged. It's ideas, just that. Personal abuse doesn't add anything to the discussions other than it can be the way some people express their very deeply rooted convictions.

As regards legal immigration, I think immigration can create a danger to all first nation people. In our case, it is more motivated newcomers who accept jobs that our youngsters do not want. Living in poverty on benefits is a trap. Making the benefits bigger and better seems to me to be a way of making the situation worse.

By not having immigrants we might actually get a situation where employers need to compete for workers by offering higher wage rates, better conditions etc. That's the paradox, no more immigrants might mean higher wages and ultimately fewer jobs. With AI coming along that might be a sensible plan.
You are correct that no more immigrants might mean higher wages and ultimately fewer jobs.
The SNP politicians keep banging on about wanting to increase the welfare payments but they fail to admit that they have been given extra welfare powers which they will not use because it costs the Scottish Government too much money.
Michael Russell the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Health and Life Long Learning admitted this when he was a panelist on a BBC Question Time programme about six years ago.