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title: ""We can’t have both free immigration and welfare.""
date: 2021-08-24
source: twitter
tweet_id: "1430224667701170181"
original_url: "https://x.com/i/web/status/1430224667701170181"
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# "We can’t have both free immigration and welfare."

*August 24, 2021 · Twitter/X*

\"We can't have both free immigration and welfare.\"\
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Social welfare spending by country (%GDP):\
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India: 2\
China: 8\
Mexico: 8\
US: 18\
OECD average: 21\
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It\'s natives who expect to be coddled by the government, not immigrants.

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