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I'm just pointing out the absurdity of criminalising gainful employment. If it was me in charge everyone who wanted to come here would get an NI number and a work permit the minute they arrived.
But yeah, this 35k thing is bullshit. Especially as a huge amount of the economic benefit the country gets from immigration is that it keeps low wages low. Obviously it's no direct benefit to those on the low wages but that's the larger (and intended) effect of letting people migrate here.
It's not only the NHS, though that's always a good headline-grabber. Without all these <35k immigrants who is going to be making all the food? Pretty much the entire British food economy from farm to factory to shop/cafe/restaurant is almost entirely dependent on low wage immigrant labour. Perhaps when Cameron has nobody to make his sandwiches and coffee he might realise what a dick move this is.