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Old 06-10-2012, 02:24 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
While I could dig the no borders deal; I always thought the one currency idea was a joke. I could not believe Germany agreed to use the Euro.
The politicians and civil servants loved the whole idea. you only had to listen to them to hear the dream they were selling to voters. The single currency was just the next step towards their dream of a single United States of Europe run by politicians and un elected civil servants. The flaw in the plans is so obvious it's funny. Italians don't want to be Dutch and visa versa. All the citizens in Europe see their country and sometimes their region as being different.

The Scottish want to break away, same goes for Wales, Slovakia, the Irish fought a war to break from Britain, so are the Basque and I'm sure there's other places where people want to be self governing.

Yet Strasbourg churns out laws every day to suit the whole of Europe.

Now the Spanish, Greek and other voters are rioting. Because the politicians can't get the money they used to get to bribe them into voting for them.

So the next time a politician promises you a health service, tax cuts or anything. Ask him how will it be paid. Because odds are it's just a bribe to get your vote for him to keep or get a job.
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