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Oliver Schick
Exactly, its "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" all over again. Bluebikerider has fallen into the trap of buying the lie.
Yes, immigrants are sending money back home. However it's drop in the ocean of corporations and shareholders sending money into tax havens and tax avoision schemes. As people, immigrants aren't living under bushes and eating thin air while they're here and still buy all of the essential goods and services that everyone else does. If businesses are failing it isn't because of the relatively small amount being exported by immigrants but because of the vast sums sucked out of the local economy by big business. A lot more money is lost to the local economy because big businesses have shoehorned themselves onto the high street than by any immigrants sending spare cash to their relatives in their home country.
Also, as that money goes to other countries, it has a positive economic effect on this country. Education of children and relatives gets funded increasing the skills base and local capability of that country. Care provisions for elderly and sick relatives gets funded with onward benefits of healthcare and retirement support infrastructure in that country. Small construction work gets funded improving that country's housing stock. This means that the country has lower foreign aid needs and will develop into a better production and trading partner for Britain which in turn gives us better competitive international market options and that wealth export is compensated by increased overseas market value of our currency.
However, Blairite Labour and Conservative governments are far more in the economic success of big business which doesn't offer the same economic benefits when they export wealth. They've been happy for sock puppets like UKIP, EDL, Biffers and so on to tell us to blame immigrants and quietly carry on with their business. It's a quasi truth that appears accurate on cursory examination but never stands up to proper scrutiny.