Since the Glorious day that was My first email account ....
.....half my life time ago (interesting fact for today ^^)
I have had the pleasure of things like this..
"If you cross the border to blah you'll die horribly,
do it here and we'll wrap you up in rainbows."
"If you cross the border to blah you'll die horribly,
do it here and we'll wrap you up in rainbows."
Yeah those oldie goldies,
Lately its been this one..
"OK.. SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT... If you cross the North Korean border illegally you get 12 yrs hard labour. If you cross the Afghanistan border illegally you get shot. Two Americans just got 8 years for crossing the Iranian border. If you cross the Australian border illegally you get a job, a drivers license, food stamps, a place to live, health care, housing & child benefits, education, & a tax free business for 7 yrs... No wonder we are a country in debt RE-POST if you agree"
Ok Let ME get this straight, Some Repostard reckons change america to Australia for lord know what reason and spread the awareness ^^?
Dude....Food Stamps?! Seriously?! When have we ever used the term Food stamps?! Urgh!
Alright so it was a repost fails whats the big deal?
Well its the "Awareness" part that gets me worried. I mean these things go viral.
they're in emails, on phones. Sent to your messengers, inboxed and reposted, reposted.
They become a topic of conversation.
"they get a house"..."really?!" "Yeah And a business!"
People spread the awareness.
"its tax free" .."no way really?"."yeah for 7yrs!!"
until one day Your cousin Really needs to talk to you. Because if you cross the border illegally into Australia you get a place to live, health care, housing...
then he reassures you there's plenty of room on the boat. Think about it.
"they get a house"..."really?!" "Yeah And a business!"
People spread the awareness.
"its tax free" .."no way really?"."yeah for 7yrs!!"
until one day Your cousin Really needs to talk to you. Because if you cross the border illegally into Australia you get a place to live, health care, housing...
then he reassures you there's plenty of room on the boat. Think about it.
so true
ReplyDeleteMore interesting factoids.
ReplyDelete*Most Asylum Seekers arrive by plane, not boat.
*Most detainees in detention centres have overstayed a visa.
*"Boat people" are not 'Illegal Immigrants' as Asylum Seeker is a legal status under Australian law. Refugees are legally allowed to enter Australia to make a claim for asylum. Whether it be by boat or plane.
Once their claim is processed and they become permanent residents, then like every other Australian citizen and resident they are of course entitled to welfare (Centrelink, DoH and Charity), health care and education.
No more and no less than the rest of us.
Or course they can apply and qualify for a Drivers Licence or a job. Same as the rest of us.
The tax free business thing is an outright lie, no matter what country you are talking about.
But with rubbish like this being spread around the internet, is it any wonder boats are arriving one after another.