Quote Originally Posted by Logen Ninefingers View Post
Well he's absolutely right, but unfortunately New Zealand has painted itself into a corner. We know that mass immigration is the only thing skewing our GDP figures so we can con ourselves into thinking we are going well. We know that mass immigration is the only thing keeping the idiotic property bubble inflated. Politicians probably wake up in a cold sweat at the prospect of a deep recession and a bursting property bubble. The fact that our creaking infrastructure can't cope with mass immigration is just something the populace will have to deal with. Clogged roads, clogged hospitals, clogged GP clinics, clogged schools....lunacy but deemed to be necessary.
Mass immigration keeps a lid on wages while pushing demand for housing, while our kids move to Aussie for better wages and more opportunity.