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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know how many of you follow European politics, but in the recent European Parliament elections (held in 27 countries) far-right parties have surged.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/09/eu-election-results-hang-in-the-balance-as-polls-close

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/world/europe/european-parliament-elections-far-right.html

I will say that I’m not sure the label “far-right” is still fully accurate for some of them; I think that the political spectrum is re-aligning. But still, this is a significant event.

As someone with family in Europe, I don’t think I’ve ever seen as big of a gap between what mainstream media and politicians are saying voters want and what voters actually want. I wonder if the same thing is going on here. [/quote]

World wide.   Tyne same issue

Elites in power want cheap workers and allow overwhelming immigration

Workers realizing this is poor policy for their economic interests

Elites in power act shocked

I consider labor shortages wonderful.   I have never known anything bad to come from a labor shortage, and what we are doing with our immigration policy is keeping the labor market in constant surplus.

Vernon Briggs
Cornell Labor Economist

The underlying truth about the immigration battle is that is is fundamentally between those with an insatiable appetite for more cheap, disposable, foreign workers, and those who embrace the social good of tight labor markets.

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