Expats

[LoftyLottie]

There is so much on here from people grumbling about immigrants and saying they are moving out of the UK - however do they consider that they might cause the same problems in other countries and might not actually be welcome?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081114/tuk-expat s-in-spain-may-face-anger-6323e80.html

[jno]

oh, I quite agree, Lottie - Australians (one frequent proposed destination) aren't always delighted with discontented Poms pouring on to the tarmac (Australian joke: Q: How do you tell which plane has come from London? A: It's the one where the whining continues when the engines have been switched off.)

But as I'm an immigrant myself perhaps I'm not the person to comment on this!

[LoftyLottie]

I am married to one jno!

[kitesurfer]

what about people in the reef?

[LoftyLottie]

Can we not go down that route kitesurfer! :o)

[terambulan]

Ethel - Why would expats be bothered of Spains payouts to IMs.....how does it affect their own finances?

Keyplus.....don't think the spaniards go for 'human rights' hokum-pokum constantly bleated by our asians for megga compensations sour grapes?

[Ethel]

terambulan - because it comes out of the taxes the pay the Spanish government, in exactly the same way I can complain about the UK government wasting my money

[legendis.god]

neti dunno why you cant vote
i can and have just received my eligibility letter from the ayuntamiento.
i have some spanish and am struggling to learn it


in tenerife im also autonomo and pay social monthly .�
old ronny and his wife across the road have been here 2 1/2 years and use the spanisg health service.
ronny walked into doctors and got an appointment in 30 minutes without needing to book in advance.
the crime rate is massively lower than the uk .

brits are still coming here but need to have the right attitude
theres no fortunes to be made , not legally.
but a good lifestyle in safe surroundings where at present its 22 degrees at midnight and women can safely walk the streets at night .
if notin all areas then certainly in most



depends what you want i guess.
without tourism tenerife and the rest of the canaries wouldnt survive
thats a fact
and the immigrants that are legal here contribute to the economy
any africans that get here by boat and are given paopers have to work or they will starve.
like britain in the early 1900s.
you dont work you dont earn


lotty dunno your problem reghards the reef , i see your reply to kitesurfer.
A bit stupid really if youre gonna post a question about expats in spain .

but hey

whatever floats your boat

[netibiza]

Yes leggy, I can vote in the local elections and that's all-

[netibiza]

No Ethel we foreigners do not have a voice as we cannot vote in National Elections.

[shaneystar2]

Same here in the UK ..my husband cannot vote in the General Election only local elections and Euro MP elections .He has no vote in who runs the country in spite of living here and paying his way for the last thirty odd years because he is an immigrant .

[Ethel]

I never mentioned voting - I said pay taxes.

[netibiza]

but, Erhel if one is unhappy with paying taxes for foreigners then one usually shows disapproval by voting against that government, we cannot do that.

[netibiza]

Oh Ethel you have become something from Lord of the Rings with my mistyping your name - sorry!