Quote Originally Posted by Snowhobbit View Post
The point being that we cannot compare numbers without comparing costs and obligations, nor can we compare a net-cost with a net-gain group. There is something behind those numbers, you cannot compare apples and oranges like you are doing. You did not address the last question.
I wasn't saying it's a walk in the park, I was just pointing out that Germany and EU on the whole won't crumble under the pressure, not even close.

As for the answer to the last question, you can pick one of two:

1) Not all migrants before were EU citizens, especially as many were coming before the legal concept of EU citizen existed.
2) Right wingers were using the same arguments for eastern European immigrants (not enough room, not enough jobs, uncivilized, prone to committing violent crimes, uneducated...)