Adam as I thought you have not a clue on the financial effect of immigation i.e you fail to produce the figures to back your claims .
GHM I've been pretty measured about this, trying to reserve judgements and just stick to facts, but there's nothing else to say here other than that you're talking complete crap here. I named the paper that made the estimates, and I'd like to see someone come up with some better figures to use! I'll reiterate - the impact of immigration from Eastern Europe is hugely beneficial for public finances - over 30% more in contributions than costs every single year - compared to residents who are net 'costs' (as shown by the government running deficits for the past few years!). They're much less likely to claim benefits, less likely to live in social housing etc etc. I don't need to provide you with figures, if you're too ignorant to glance over the reference I gave you then you'll have to take my word for it.
Adam you are a local lad now at university studying I believe economics. I think you are being rather immature by writing your posts as though you are speaking from a position of authority, I believe you are a first year student and I understand that everything is exciting, but may I respectfully suggest you buckle down to your studies, after all we need good economists to take over from the present bunch who have put the country in the mire. Economics are enough for you so stick at it and leave politics and Diplomacy alone until you attend the university of life for a few years.
Second year. However it's pretty much irrelevant - I didn't come up with those figures, I just read and acknowledged them! Mel - I'm not under any false sense of authority... For the nth time I'm stating simple facts. I'm not denying there are social problems in Boston, but that's only one small side to the story!
By the way I'd say economics in intrinsically linked to politics. What was the main battle ground in the last election?
Obviously going against the grain with this just leads to having to defend yourself against a pack of people who don't really pay any attention to the detail of what you've actually said. I notice that noone has posted any convincing arguments against the initial things I posted yet, which were just a few simple and interesting truths (as well as inconvenient ones for some) - posted without opinion or judgement.