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2005-10-25 Britain

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Posted by 3dc 2005-10-25 11:59|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ya, dhimmsm and socialism will do that to you.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-25 12:06|| 2005-10-25 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 "the most popular destination is the U.S." followed by Canada. Common language? better and safer life styles?

Posted by bman">bman 2005-10-25 12:22|| 2005-10-25 12:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Better life-style, getting to keep more of your income.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-10-25 12:24|| 2005-10-25 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't leave out the unspoken value of a proper English accent in the States. Regardless of less classism in the States, the mother tongue is viewed/felt as superior to various accents across America. If done properly, it has much currancy in the job and social market. I have observed the attention the fair sex takes to the its sound.

Posted by Claving Speart7152 2005-10-25 12:52|| 2005-10-25 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Pretty simple really. Its easier for English-speakers to get high-paying work abroad. British university graduates have a substantial advantage over other Euros this way. Germans and Frenchmen have a larger obstacle in relocating to the US or other high-growth destinations.

And then there is the force of tradition. The British have always had a very high expat ratio, you will find British people in large numbers in Asia for instance. A leftover of the Empire.

Posted by buwaya 2005-10-25 13:24|| 2005-10-25 13:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Do not forget the class system in England. Two of my close friends families came from the Birmingham area. Well educated but still had an accent that they felt kept them down.

That same lower-class accent sounds high and mighty to us Yanks, its hardly a handicap.

Posted by rjschwarz (no T!) 2005-10-25 13:47|| 2005-10-25 13:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I wouldn't read too much into the comparisons with graduates from other EU countries. With the exception of some scientific and engineering discplines, the continent doesn't teach them anything we ~~need~~ want in the states.

Posted by DoDo 2005-10-25 14:06|| 2005-10-25 14:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm curious about whether they included non-UK citizens in their numbers. It was fairly common among the non-Western "Engineers" I met in Saudi for them to have gone to the UK for their university education. They would stay a long time to get those degrees, and most would try to get a UK passport at the same time, and many did -- but as soon as the degree was in the bag, they came back to the ME, where a lesser salary went a lot further. Oh, as a bonus, back home they didn't have to act as though they considered wymyns as peers, anymore.

Posted by .com 2005-10-25 14:34|| 2005-10-25 14:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Remember don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Be VERY careful restricting immigration.

Lots of well educated hard-working people want to go to a place where they are not punished for this.

You just have to filter the crap a bit better.

Same numbers, but higher quality immigrants.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-10-25 20:21|| 2005-10-25 20:21|| Front Page Top

#10 and how many deserving American local students are bumped for better paying foreigners?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-25 21:02|| 2005-10-25 21:02|| Front Page Top

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