Suit yourself.

For the past nine months I have been running a series called ‘Foreign Criminals Of The Day’; and it looks like I’ll be in business for quite some time to come…

The Government – which takes money from your wages – does indeed care more about the welfare of its citizens than of foreigners; and as a civil servant working for the government, so will I.

But as a private citizen – in which capacity I maintain this blog – I do not.

Owen

Your question is in two parts, and deserves to be answered that way -

1. I disagree about the nature of the evidence relting to the effect of mass immigration on income. Read Borjas.

2. As money is taken from my wages without my consent so that you can receive your wages, then yes, I do think you should care about my income, because without people like me to pay you, Owen, you wouldn’t have one.

I don’t share your view that locals would lose from greater levels of immigration.  The statistical evidence is very weak.

But even if it were the case, is it your view that I should care more about your income than I do about the income of a person in a developing country who goes to bed hungry?

Owen

Owen, that’s a reduction in my income you’re talking about.