@ Manticle: That article was simply in response to Liam's about Sweden being openly generous in accepting refugees. You can find any article that supports whatever argument you want.
Google "Sweden Immigration Problems" and see.
I actually don't have an opinion on the matter. My dad was an Italian migrant and my wife is a Russian migrant. So without migration I wouldn't exist and neither would my kids. So we need to have some migration and certainly we have a good standard of living and can accept those less fortunate than ourselves. Anyone who thinks differently needs to check their moral compass.
But to say we should have open borders is just as silly an argument as saying "**** off we're full". We need some checks and balances.We also need some thought as to what happens to them once they're here. Taking a group of people with nothing left, dumping them in country with no support will lead to social problems. So if you want open borders, fine, but also consider the next step - who's paying, who's looking after these guys, how do they find work, affordable housing, health etc. Dumping them onto an already overburdened Social Security system isn't solving the problem. Expecting "Govt" to fix it doesn't work. The Govt isn't some sapient creature with unlimited resources to solve every problem we have. So let's get some structure around that next step as well.
**** off we're full is one of the stupidest things I see. Its mindless bigotry that was mildly amusing at 15 but now we're supposedly educated it shows our lack of evolution as a country. But 85% of our population lives within 50km of the ocean. Why? Cos there's no ******* water inland. Certainly not enough to support decent population growth. So the argument that we have low population density doesn't stack up either.
As I said, I have no opinion on the matter. I have grown up in rural WA and seen massive problems that the aboriginals have/are going through, and seen no answers from any political faction as to how to fix it.. I've lived in the Philippines and seen what poverty looks like, and not seen any sustainable way of fixing it. And I've been through some of the back blocks of Africa, and again, not seen anything tangible from any political persuasion that will actually address and remedy any of these issues. And throwing good money after bad isn't doing it, particularly when its someone else's money. No Govt, Labor, Liberal, Green or other has any real solutions. its just blah blah blah for the sake of 30% of votes to keep them in.
So I may be sitting on the fence, but from what I've seen, I've learnt that there is no one easy solution to address it, and pontificating on the internet behind a keyboard amounts to **** all but a warm feeling inside that you think you are right. Much akin to sitting in your own piss.
