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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. People from Norway don't want to come here.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:41 PM

Jan 2018

They have a very nice, prosperous country where people have universal health care and free higher education, among other things. Why on earth would they want to come to a country where they don't have any of those things and whose president is Trump?

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Well, in case you hadn't heard it, Trump wants what you'd call a "White America" immigration policy [View all] Ken Burch Jan 2018 OP

People from Norway don't want to come here. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

I was actually referring to your country's immigration policies up 'til the early Seventies. Ken Burch Jan 2018 #2

Oh, I understand. Just making the point. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #3

There can often be a difference between the immigrants a head of government wants Ken Burch Jan 2018 #4

I wonder if he'd take these folks? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #5

They look like fine Norwegian citizens to me. Ken Burch Jan 2018 #6

And our LNP federal government wants to take us back to the days of the White Australia policy. Matilda Jan 2018 #7