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Re:Portugal to reintroduce tax breaks for skilled foreigners by catlikesshrimp on Sunday July 07, 2024 @04:00AM (#40895954)
Natives tend to have local support networks (family and friends) help with money, material help and connections. Foreigners lack safety nets.

From a government point of view, you can select the best foreigner candidates (eg pick 1 doctor out of 10 candidates). That can't be done with locals (good and bad doctors want jobs)

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Re:Portugal to reintroduce tax breaks for skilled foreigners by mdhb on Sunday July 07, 2024 @05:01AM (#40896191)
This is maybe true in the abstract but is entirely different from the on the ground reality in Portugal. It’s a lot more complicated in reality but generally speaking citizens have less advantages and opportunities than you might expect in key areas when all is said and done.
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Re:Portugal to reintroduce tax breaks for skilled foreigners by rcarmo on Sunday July 07, 2024 @11:49AM (#40898458)
From a government point of view, you can also pick the best native candidates. It's not rocket science.
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