Comments by "" (@maccagrabme) on "​Owen Jones meets Tim Martin | 'Poverty wages? Don't ask childish questions'" video.

  1. The point is that employers don't have to increase workers pay when we have wide open borders without any skills checks or caps which effectively means an unlimited supply of low skilled labour many of which come from countries paying far, far less and willing to work for the minimum wage and accept long hours and poor working conditions. I've never seen a liberal admit that immigration levels are too high, way higher than the Labour party predicted and this has had a negative impact on wages, job availability, job conditions, housing, schools, NHS waiting lists or access to a GP and public services. Until liberals get real and accept that not all immigration is beneficial and that uncontrolled immigration does indeed cause genuine concerns in communities and puts strain on the above mentioned then I cannot take anything they say seriously. It's no good complaining that 8 quid an hour is not enough to live on when your own actions and beliefs are helping create these poverty wages. We want controlled borders and a cap on immigration, why can't liberals accept that this is good practise and something we should be implementing?
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  2. Just a final point, the fact that Owen thinks that 8 quid an hour is a poverty wage highlights exactly how out of touch he is. This is actually a decent rate of pay in the world of the low skilled working class for this type of job. Of course you can't live off it which is exactly why a lot of these type of jobs are taken by migrants as they tend to have lower overheads, sharing rooms, no mortgage or maintenance costs etc. Why do you think that Brits are so miffed off with so many people coming here willing to work for so little as this is what is helping to keep wages down? Open your eyes, just because you probably earn a very good living for doing a job you love doesn't mean everyone else is doing well, its about controlling levels and ensuring that people aren't being undercut, you should know this and be supporting the working class instead of mocking them as you would not be so smug having to survive off a typical low paid job, I'd guess you wouldn't last a week before running back to your parents for a bailout and at the very least you should know what a typical low skilled wage is before attacking Tim.
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