Simple Inconceivable, 27 Aug 2008"Firstly, that detracts from the point that lowest income earners are suffering. Secondly, foreign workers are probably also forming big and growing pools in other sectors where the lowest income earners are hardest hit. Thirdly, people who lose their jobs because of foreign workers don't earn anything at all, so it's quite irrelevant to say that total wages has went up. Finally, inflation was 7.5%. That meagre 0.6% difference barely proves anything. If anything, the 5.9% and 6.5% figures just show that real income hasn't really been increasing. (7.5% > 5.9% or 6.5%)"
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