Mark _australia said..
Ok I wanna know why we never needed immigration to fill some jobs decades ago. Smart kids became doctors and stuff. Some of them made coffee or flipped burgers while at uni. Dumb kids dig holes at 14 and never went to uni. We had a full spectrum.
are aussies now too good so we need servants? If we cut immigration greatly and cut welfare would more Aussies go get the service industry jobs? I dunno just musings but it seems weird everything worked well right up to the last 20-30yrs..?
Immigration is an easy way to boost the economy without any clever plans or sophisticated schemes.
Step 1: Import people.
Step 2: Hope those people get jobs.
Step 3: Tell the media that you are a clever manager as you have increased the GDP. Not per-person GDP though, as that could be embarrassing if it went the wrong way.
If people complain because it is not well thought out, just call them racists and keep going. They can worry about themselves.
You would think that if we had a recognised huge shortfall of doctors and nurses that we could open up immigration specifically for those sectors. I am not either, so I don't know why it has not happened.
