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Dear CSteele,

You seem to have a habit of getting things back-to-front.

<<They are, until designated otherwise by the proper authorities, refugees>>

No.

They are “asylum seekers” (well, actually, economic migrants pretending to be “asylum seekers”) and illegals until such time as they are rubber stamped “found to genuine” refugees .

And to further expand your vocabulary, those who advocate on their behalf are property termed, right gooses

And on that other point of yours:

<<to make your complaint a valid one. First show evidence that $100,000 dollars a year is being spent on every individual refugee>>

No, he does not.

All he has to do is apply the AGW formula ( which you should know all about as you are positioning yourself as AGW’s town crier!)
You take the total amount of CO2 ( or in this case the total cost)
And you divide that by the population of the country ( or, in this case the population of “asylum seekers”)
And whammo! you have the amount spend, or more fittingly,wasted, on pandering to the “asylum seekers” scam.

So to quote your dear self : << put a sock in it!>

The image presented is that every asylum seeker is trousering a hundred grand.

But the real economic benefit is actually quite widely disbursed, is it not - buildings are built by builders, building materials are sourced, services are provided by personnel employed for such purposes, all of whom pay taxes, provide downstream value to shops etc.

Still, the image of asylum seekers living the high life on an executive salary while pensioners scrabble around for a crust of bread is such a powerful one, it would be a shame to waste it. Certainly doesn't do to think too clearly about it, or the "disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" rhetoric would fall very flat.

>>There must be hundreds of our own pensioners wondering just how they can catch one of these boats<<

Absolutely, rehctub.

I can see them queuing up right now, with their worldly possessions in a small shopping bag, preparing for a joyride on a rotting, unseaworthy boat, to a highly uncertain future. Having used up their life savings just to get on board, secure in the knowledge that rehctub will be waiting for them dockside, with a bucketful of money.

Hmmmm. Something wrong with that picture, I suspect.

*I can see them queuing up right now, with their worldly possessions in a small shopping bag, preparing for a joyride on a rotting, unseaworthy boat, to a highly uncertain future*

Sounds a bit like those Mexicans, millions of them, pouring over the
US border, to a highly uncertain future. Only they crawl through the
desert etc. Economic refugees.

Perhaps you don't realise Pericles, that the same economic activity would occur if we were to supply the same housing to our own.

Smart ass comments not withstanding, what is it you have against our own people? How many of these square peg gate crashers will it take to mend that bleeding heart of yours?

Pericles,

<<Hmmmm. Something wrong with that picture, I suspect.>>

Nooooo, there’s something wrong with your imagination, I suspect.

Rehctub is highlighting the huge sums of money spent in servicing “asylum seekers”.

And it is not unreasonable to suggest that there are pensioners who live under conditions worse (and in cases fare worse) than those that “asylum seekers” on Nauru will experience.

And it wont be a matter of anyone << joyrid(ing) on a rotting, unseaworthy boat>> as they are likely to be transported to Nauru on the HMAS taxi service – or better.