Well, some of government spending is in the form of debt. It is not sustainable to keep growing it - so we see what is happening now. More taxes...
Of course - look at my recent posts. Per capita GDP growth has slumped over the 15 years of high immigration, as has wages growth and productivity...
A corelation is just a comparison of the two sets of data. The article goes into considerable detail as to causation - who are you trying to fool?
The thinktank e61 found a causal relationship: Think Tank: Mass immigration wrecking Australia's productivity - MacroBusiness
It's not all about you personally, it is the aggregate effect that is the concern. You can hardly say the 15 years of hyper immigration since 2006...
Well, there is a causal relationship. Businesses are less included to innovate and boost productivity if they can take the lazy route and use...
Ironically much of the baby boomer bulge in the result of past waves of immigration. In any case the over 65's are the richest cohort and many can...
The Australian median age is 37, so most have been here paying taxes for decades. And you don't seem to understand the effects of population...
" If majority of wages go down as you suggest then borrowing capacities for most are lowered resulting in prices for the avg property to go down....
Not really, people are just borrowing more and there are plenty of wealthy immigrants and foreign buyers to push house prices up. And productivity...
Well it's pretty obvious. They use our infrastructure as soon as they step off the plane and they haven't been here decades paying taxes.
Isn't the government looking at cutting back on infrastructure spending? How do you think that will work out with a ballooning population?
{Note from mods - this thread split from here: VIC government debt - a ticking timebomb? [VIC]} The suburban rail loop has been voted in at...
'Uncompetitive' means being undercut with regards to wages and conditions. Then we get the double whammy with high housing costs. It's not being...
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