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Old 12-19-2018, 05:03 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by thommy View Post
but look the MAJOR idea behind the EU is to keep every country balanced.
THIS is the reason why there are net payers and net receivers.
if a country is stronger than others this country have to pay to the EU and germany, france and britain have paid BECAUSE the benefit more than others and if they are doing bad one day they have the right to receive.
And now the UK has left Germany and France will have to increase their contributions even more. They will have to do this while making less money by selling less to the UK, one of it's largest markets.

Brits care about themselves first and with so many now forced to live on welfare they don't want to be giving money to other countries.
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