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Cheap labor that isn't allowed to vote. We see this all over Europe. I wonder what gives.
by sva_ 4y ago
Cheap labor that isn't allowed to vote. We see this all over Europe. I wonder what gives.
- mrtksn 4y agoIsn't allowed by whom exactly? Simply allow immigrants to vote. Have no work permits, thus working as cheap labor? Give them permits. It's appalling how people pretend that they don't have anything against immigrants but they are against illegal immigrants as if the paperwork for legal work is a natural phenomenon and they can't do anything about it.
- notch656a 4y agoWhy even have permits then? Just get rid of the permit system altogether. There are probably many million starving African desperate to work a job like trash-man or food packager. Competition for lower skilled jobs will become fierce, but I guess competition is a good thing.
- mrtksn 4y agoI agree. Why would the government be the first step of HR? As if the companies can't choose the right employees for themselves and they need to go through the state bureaucracy so that they don't hire a lumberjack from Bangladesh as a JS developer in Bristol.
- pessimizer 4y agoYes, changing even the tiniest thing is basically destroying everything.
- random314 4y ago
- yunohn 4y ago> Isn't allowed by whom exactly? To be clear, as suggested by the rest of your comment, it is currently not allowed due to various political reasons. Nobody is arguing ideal situations, only reality.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago> Simply allow immigrants to vote. You've just given me a great business idea. Votes for hire. I bet I could charge a fortune, and I would only have to pass a small fraction of that on to the immigrants I employ.
- throw123123123 4y agoWhy is that different to money for votes?
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoSimple - money for votes requires registered voters. My scheme - erm, "business plan" - just needs unregistered immigrants! Way easier to enact, because they're undocumented to begin with!
- vkou 4y agoIt's not.
- secondcoming 4y agoIf you’re in the UK legally you can vote.
- 07t15 4y agoAs someone who is legally in the UK (more than a year), this isn't true. It might apply to the citizens of some countries (like the EU).
- thraxil 4y agoYep. Only British, EU, and Commonwealth citizens living legally in the UK can vote. Those of us from anywhere else in the world can't vote until we fully naturalize.