[jfman]

Originally Posted by nomadking

But the tax they are paying is tax that somebody already in the UK could be paying instead. Their only contribution to GDP is their own consumption. Eg Food and that usually has to be specially imported from THEIR countries.

I’d be amazed if the statistics showed that EU citizens in the UK specifically import anything but a small amount of items from their home country.

You are also making the flawed assumption that the UK has people with the skills or motivation to do the jobs being done by EU nationals.

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Originally Posted by Carth

I can never understand people saying this, when the unemployment figures show there are a few million sitting on their backsides.

Once again, probably the fault of various Governments paying more in benefits than some people earn

Ah the benefit scrounger, one level above the immigrant in the Brexit social hierarchy. Again these are underlying problems that won’t be solved by ending freedom of movement.