2013-01-24, 16:23 | Link #25902 | |
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That's why china takes advantages of it by baiting germany and gaining technology transfer, actually even worse we can't even make a parasite country like switzerland bend on some regulations. |
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2013-01-24, 16:57 | Link #25903 | |
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2013-01-24, 17:11 | Link #25904 | |
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2013-01-24, 17:17 | Link #25906 | |
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2013-01-24, 18:25 | Link #25908 |
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Especially when the likes of Spain, Greece and Italy (with all due respect) are really incapable of helping themselves at all despite all the years spent within the union. Seriously, it's because of some long-time members of the EU like those that the economy in Europe is a big mess.
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2013-01-24, 18:26 | Link #25909 | |
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What scared UK politicians was the Euro-crisis. There are concerns about future income transfers from North to South. In addition the independent quantitative easing, made possible by the pound sterling, saved the UK from a likely hammering by the financial markets given it's public finances which are in a worse state than those of most of the PIIGS. |
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2013-01-24, 19:05 | Link #25914 |
formerly ogon bat
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That would be the hook "Get rid of the monarchy, become as prosperous as the colonies (and get american style health care and services, nyack, nyack, nyack). At least last time I heard the royals aren't very popular between the commoners.
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2013-01-24, 19:14 | Link #25915 | |
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In comparison places like Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi have been a mess for over two centuries yet haven't dragged the economy down. |
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2013-01-24, 19:17 | Link #25916 | |
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English are free of their own destiny if they want to leave European Union, they have the absolute right to do so as a democratic and souvereign country.
But holy, may they do it quickly, we lost some damn dozens of years because of their "yeah we want economic freedom but if you touch to our national rights gtfo", China ans US aren't waiting EU in this economical war. Quote:
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2013-01-24, 19:27 | Link #25917 |
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Obama picks former federal prosecutor as SEC boss
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90N0M120130124
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2013-01-24, 20:08 | Link #25918 | |
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Further to that, I don't think it's necessarily wrong for the UK to oppose further integration. The EU works well because we are both separate and united. Though I disagree with the British government over financial regulation, but on the flip side I'm not too sure if the EU would do such a good job of regulating banks. After all, it was German banks that recklessly lent money into Ireland's property bubble. They seem as idiotic as everyone else. I think the current level of EU integration is roughly fine. The EU contains very diverse cultures and values, and to get any kind of unified democratic culture would be impossible. The conservative parties in Ireland have very little in common with the conservative parties in Spain, or the conservative parties in Poland, and they could never feasibly function in any kind of coalition. The politics of an EU superstate would be like an even worse form of Belgium or Israel, with 100 different parties and none of them of a large enough size to have a mandate to lead. |
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2013-01-24, 20:42 | Link #25919 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Choose your state wisely. There is huge variation in quality of life and availability of work and it isn't the same answer depending on the skill sets. The entire country of Ireland pretty much fits in the Portland, Oregon metro region.
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