Post #3131530

@aligorith@mastodon.nz @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz ACT and National (and Labour and NZ1) all want to encourage rich people to come to NZ - people who research shows are specifically more selfish and antisocial than average, and who by definition increase inequality, and thus endanger democracy and community. Give me refugees any day. The other genuine concern about our current non-refugee immigration is that a lot of its purpose is to suppress wages. A possible solution would be a rule that no employment-based immigrant can be paid less than $40 / hour or 20% more than the relevant industry average, whichever is higher. #nzpol #immigration #inequality