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In reply to the discussion: Here's why 52% of British voted to leave [View all]TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Re poor immigrants: a married couple with two kids in school take more than they give. The taxes they pay might cover the education of their kids, and not much more.
Then there's a housing allowance, the NHS, etc., and they are not net givers.
The benefits of immigration re taxes will likely be seen among the next generation assuming they get an education and become productive members of society.
Anyway, as long as a vote against immigration is understood as racist against the immigrants themselves, instead of a vote against the effects of immigration, you won't win their votes.
The fact is that the working class in the first world has been hit hard by the free movement of people, capital, and labor. and will vote in their own self interest or - at least - their own perceived self interest.
Hope that makes sense.