Is France returning to peace?
Nov. 9th, 2005 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ayoubIt looks like it.
Nicholas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots.
This interests me. It's the first sensible move I've heard.
Immigration is something I have strong feelings about, so bear with me here.
Looking at it from a British perspective, I'm the son of an immigrant couple. One of which worked hard, paid taxes, and was a useful member of society, and the other, worked hard, paid taxes, and got involved in improving the lives of others through local politics. These are the kind of people who we should be welcoming into the country. People who make a positive contribution.
But there are so many others. Some who come here to commit crimes, some who live off the taxes I pay, and can't even be bothered to learn the language, and others still, who live off benefits, and still work, and send all of their swindled earnings back to the motherland.
In my opinion, if you've never paid taxes after moving here, you shouldn't get benefits. Period. And if you move here and are convicted of a crime, forget jail, or community service, Get your ass back to your motherland and stop coming here to make our lives a misery.
So for once, I agree with a French idea. I agreed with their opposition to the Iraq war, but we all know that was for their own reasons.
In other news, are you looking for some property? it's old, but it's never been used ;)
Nicholas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots.
This interests me. It's the first sensible move I've heard.
Immigration is something I have strong feelings about, so bear with me here.
Looking at it from a British perspective, I'm the son of an immigrant couple. One of which worked hard, paid taxes, and was a useful member of society, and the other, worked hard, paid taxes, and got involved in improving the lives of others through local politics. These are the kind of people who we should be welcoming into the country. People who make a positive contribution.
But there are so many others. Some who come here to commit crimes, some who live off the taxes I pay, and can't even be bothered to learn the language, and others still, who live off benefits, and still work, and send all of their swindled earnings back to the motherland.
In my opinion, if you've never paid taxes after moving here, you shouldn't get benefits. Period. And if you move here and are convicted of a crime, forget jail, or community service, Get your ass back to your motherland and stop coming here to make our lives a misery.
So for once, I agree with a French idea. I agreed with their opposition to the Iraq war, but we all know that was for their own reasons.
In other news, are you looking for some property? it's old, but it's never been used ;)