You seem to think that this site's turnover goes into my pocket
Have you seen how much staff cost these days?
The average salary in London is £35K and good tech staff cost a lot more.
Ok, that's the UK, but I know small business owners in Ireland who tell me staff are costing them a fortune, so I think the problem of staff costs being too much for many small businesses to afford isn't confined to the UK.
I'm not saying you and others don't have some very good points to make about the negative effects of immigration, but there are two sides to every story.
Personally I think everything got too expensive in Ireland. House prices, the salaries people expect, the price of getting a plumber out to fix your leaky tap... It all went crazy. I'm not an economist, so I'm not going to go on about the economy as if I know it all, as I certainly don't, but something went wrong I think, immigration aside.
Pat x