I agree with David Cameron on immigration

(originally posted on Bubblews)

David Cameron "used his long-awaited immigration speech to insist that curbs on tax credits, child benefits, job-seekers allowance and council housing will be a key demand for his talks on renegotiating Britain's EU membership." 

"- Working migrants will not get tax credits and council houses for four years

- Jobless migrants offered no support and kicked out after six months 

- Prime Minister insists his ideas are not 'outlandish' and need to be heard"

I'm Portuguese, and as I said before I do love the UK and if I could (I can't for a number of reasons) I would go there. But I think Cameron is right in what he is proposing.

British tax payers shouldn't be forced to have their taxes increased because of people coming from outside that never contributed but are asking for Welfare.

I believe the EU will not allow this to happen, though, but, to be fair, I think they should not only allow it, but also make it a rule to all countries.

If you go to a country to work, improve your live and contribute, you will not give up going there if they don't give you those benefits. More: If I migrated anywhere it would never cross my mind to ask for benefits, to exploit tax payers that way.

And anyway you still have the access to the health system, education, protection, infrastructures that are probably better than in the country where you came from.

What is poverty nowadays?

(posted originally on Bubblews)

People tend to say, to write on social media: "I'm poor". But what does that mean, really?

Well, you obviously have access to a computer and the internet. You post about photograph, about selfies with your cellphone, sometimes even about travelling. Yeah, you probably backpack all over Europe or America and you consider yourself "poor" and even your own country considers yourself one of the poor in the statistics that alarm so many people.

But what does our poverty really mean? Do YOU feel poor, or do you just say you are not to offend other people who also think they are?

What is really poverty in Eastern Europe and North America? Are we all just spoilt Brats?

Hurray for Scotland: Reduce alcohol if you're driving

I must say that I think people shouldn't drink AT all and drive! But that's a start.

Scotland will follow the rest of Europe in limits reducing from 80 millimetres of alcohol per 100 millimetres of blood to 50 of alcohol per 100 millimetres of blood. The rest of the UK will keep the eighty millimetre limit.

This passed on Scottish parliament with the approval of the majority of the Scottish people.

Listening to it in the radio I must say that most people who phoned had the opinion that people shouldn't drink at all and drive. Maybe one day.

Originally posted by me here