EU referendum: Boris and Gove pledge tough new immigration system after Brexit

[minestrone]

They are making a net contribution of £20 billion.... What exactly is your problem with that?

The workings that were used to arrive at that sum have been widely ridiculed.

[dx4100]

The workings that were used to arrive at that sum have been widely ridiculed.

Links or it doesn't count

[DodgyAgent]

And we can change the law to define who is a threat to our national security as long as it is applied equally to all EU citizens.

So 100 million population it is then

[DodgyAgent]

Links or it doesn't count

they have simply divided the tax take by the numbers of workers

[BlasterBates]

So 100 million population it is then

There are 2 million UK citizens in the EU and 3 million EU citizens in the UK, that means after 40 years of membership we have a net increase of 1 million.

At this rate it will take 1500 years for the population to reach 100 million because of the EU.

[dx4100]

they have simply divided the tax take by the numbers of workers

LIE ^

[dx4100]

There are 2 million UK citizens in the EU and 3 million EU citizens in the UK, that means after 40 years of membership we have a net increase of 1 million.

At this rate it will take 4000 years for the population to reach 100 million because of the EU.

Out campaign fails again

[minestrone]

Links or it doesn't count

I'm sure you can use google, the criticism is not hard to find, for a start the number never included the cost of public sector services like health and police which I would think would be crucial in an accurate final costing.

The author was the same chap who came up with the 13,000 migrants a year from the EU estimate, which is only out my a magnitude of 14. Anything he produces should be filed under pish.

Ultimately I doubt EU migrants benefit the UK overall because very few people actually create a surplus. 750 billion a year public sector spend, 70 million people. That means each migrant must put in 10k of tax. When you consider the family sizes there is no chance we see a net benefit.

[dx4100]

I'm sure you can use google, the criticism is not hard to find, for a start the number never included the cost of public sector services like health and police which I would think would be crucial in an accurate final costing.

The author was the same chap who came up with the 13,000 migrants a year from the EU estimate, which is only out my a magnitude of 14. Anything he produces should be filed under pish.

Ultimately I doubt EU migrants benefit the UK overall because very few people actually create a surplus. 750 billion a year public sector spend, 70 million people. That means each migrant must put in 10k of tax. When you consider the family sizes there is no chance we see a net benefit.

That is pretty useless fag packet reasoning... You are falling for the same failure you accuse the report as having...

If a low wage worker screws tops onto toothpaste... They enable that toothpaste company to make billions and pay (or probably avoid) millions in tax....

Simply looking at person tax contribution is a pretty tulip measure.

[The_Equalizer]

There are 2 million UK citizens in the EU and 3 million EU citizens in the UK, that means after 40 years of membership we have a net increase of 1 million.

At this rate it will take 1500 years for the population to reach 100 million because of the EU.

Cr6p extrapolation. Net immigration is at 330K and going up. It would take about 90 years to get from about 70 to 100 million. What you also have to remember is most people rock up to the South East.