UK: Parliament votes in favor of fantasy

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davester wrote:
[quote=testcase]
"Anyone else want to leave the EU? Anyone? No? Well, there you go."
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I really have no idea what you're trying to say here. As near as i can tell this is a diatribe based n a misunderstanding of money as it relates to governments. Just because another one went over your head, does not mean that testcase did not make a valid point.
He is right. Leaving Brits to hang on the city gates, sets a good example to discourage the others contemplating the same.

deckeda wrote:
testcase seems to think EU members are “states” being subsidized by a “federal” entity, the U.S.?

Yeah, the breadcrumbs on this one are pretty stale.

Projecting your own ignorance deckeda?
A “federal” entity is in fact the European Commission that does award a slew of funds for different projects across the less developed members of the Union. Road building, mostly to bring them up to a common standard is one major example. There are a number of freeways being built or built already in Spain, Portugal and Central Europe, all with EU funds. National rairoad system, new terminals ans airports are all built with the EU money.
They are not breadcrumbs to the recipients.

There are a number of green programs, waste and water treatment plants, solar power for villages, the effects of which are easily visible as one travels through those parts of Europe, which would have no be done without the EU money.
They are not breadcrumbs to the recipients.
Portugal:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mycountry/PT/index_en.cfm
or Poland:

Poland was the main beneficiary of the EU budget in 2013. It received from the EU budget more than three times its national contribution.
The EU budget makes valuable investments, like the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw (second most popular science museum in Europe), and many Polish airports e.g. in Wroclaw.
The EU budget invests heavily in Poland’s countryside, helping villages to attract tourists, and farmers to use new technologies.

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mycountry/PL/index_en.cfm

to Romania:

The EU budget supports Romanian farmers and the development in rural areas by investing in projects improving living conditions in the countryside and helping rural businesses become more competitive.
The EU invests heavily in Romania’s regions with projects such as the modernisation of water systems and the construction of motorways.

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mycountry/RO/index_en.cfm

The money and the benefits are real and visible, if you talk to the people, to the farmers, the gains and the progress are considerable.

So testcase made a valid point, again.... you, deckeda, the usual...