Press Release Stephen Berry Immigration

Abolish Welfare and Open the Borders!

“Despite having hundreds of thousands dependent on the welfare state, New Zealand faces a shortage in unskilled labour that is being hampered by Government immigration policy,” says Tamaki Independent candidate Stephen Berry. “This isn’t an issue of economics; it is an issue of ignorance, xenophobia and collectivism.”

“When one looks at the unemployment figures and the number of people who claim a benefit, it is outrageous that New Zealand should even need to look beyond its borders to fill unskilled vacancies in this country,” says Berry. “If the Government were not bribing the lazy with benefits to maintain their place on the Government benches, unskilled labour shortages would go some way to being dealt with. I say we should abolish the rewards for the unproductive.”

As revealed on TV3’s 'The Nation', thousands of migrants who are willing to do the low skilled jobs that New Zealanders won’t do live a life in limbo. They live from one work visa approval to the next without being able attain residency due to the Immigration Service’s points system.

“I believe that any peaceful person who wants to live and work in New Zealand should be able to, unimpeded by the bloated bureaucracy of xenophobic despots, with their deprived desire to make a career out of controlling migrant’s lives with checklists and clipboards. They have as much right as any New Zealander to pursue their dreams of liberty and happiness.”

Berry agrees that in the context of maintaining a welfare state, it is perfectly legitimate for New Zealanders to be concerned about those who have never contributed to it coming from overseas and then living off it. “However I do not believe that the welfare state is legitimate in itself, and once abolished this cannot be used as a reason to control peaceful immigrants.”

“The only other arguments that can be used against open immigration are not rational. Those that are based on the belief immigrants do not assimilate reek of collectivist racism. I do not see how speaking poor English in anyway violates the rights of other people, nor do I believe any individual should change their own lifestyle to fit with that of the perceived majority.”

Mr. Berry treats with disdain the suggestion that New Zealander’s jobs should be protected against foreigners. “Why should an arbitrary border be the deciding factor on voluntary association between employee and employer? Nobody has the right to a job, especially not on the basis of the borders they were born within. Protectionist trade unionist nationalism rewards those with poor work ethics and maintains an inefficient, stagnant pool of labour. Competition in the labour market is one of the reasons why a free market is far superior to one controlled by the state.”

If elected as the member for Tamaki this election, Mr. Berry will advocate for the removal of restrictions on immigration for peaceful people in conjunction with the end of the welfare state and privatisation of state services.

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