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Blind waiter buys New Jersey diner
John Diakakis has been working at New Jersey's Bendix Diner for 30 years, and he's been the owner for 20. He hasn't let being blind stop him from dishing out great food and even better company. Steve Overmeyer has the...
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Overall, I am strongly against centralisation in principle: I am all for economical and social globalisation, but against the political one. Considering the economical policies implemented in the UK currently by Johnson's administration, I would say that they have gotten the best out of the situation; the free market reforms they are conducting should be an inspiration for all freedom lovers around the world, and I am starting to like the UK more and more!
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Good to hear you are starting to like the UK more! Are you British, or American?
I understand all your points; however, I believe that there are always wins and losses. I think that the losses overcome the gains. After all, not many people were educated about the topic and just wanted something to change. They thought Brexit would solve everything, but they were wrong.
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By 'us' does that refer to the UK or all EU countries?
If it was just the UK, taxpayers would only pay £5 per week. This is not a huge amount. The money is spent on running everything.
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FYI: I was talking about the UK only.
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Well, what do you expect? In case you haven't noticed, we have left. The UK doesn't have a say, because we are not in the EU anymore.
Anyway, your point was invalid because we did have a say, the EU as a group had group democracies.
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Says all.
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You are missing the point: There IS democracy inside the EU. We vote for what we want inside the UK and the EU. Do you not understand?
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This is a perfect analogy of Brexit. It is exactly like a band member overestimating their ability as a solo artist and leaving the band. But even if the EU forces us to comply with their laws it is a great bargain for us to gain access to EU trade routes.
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I do not consider this to be a valid argument. All you have said is that the UK is overestimating their power as a nation and underestimating the power of the EU. Regardless of whether this is true or not, it would not be ideal for the EU to be making various decisions for us, despite the fact that the decisions they make do not affect them. And, if we do not like the decisions, we cannot vote out the people making the decisions because most of the decision-making power is held by the European Committee, which is non-democratic.
My next point is that EU taxes take money away from the UK. We were required to pay £350 million to the EU every week, and in return the EU would spend £250 million a week on stuff here in the UK, and we did not have much of a say on what that stuff was. I do not see why our UK taxpayers should be giving up their money to pay for stuff in... France. Or Belgium. You may say that we should see this £100 million as a payment for the deals that we get in return, but my rebuttal would be that those deals include freedom of movement, meaning we must accept immigrants, regardless of whether we want to or not. To conclude, it is plainly illogical that we should be paying £350 million a week to the EU, when some of that money is taken elsewhere, and we do not get to decide what the money spent here is actually spent on.
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It's fairly well established at this point by the governments own measures that there will be a significant loss in growth in the scenario we're aiming for. In addition the language the Coneervatives are usign to talk about the rationale for leaving the EU seems to point towards their wish to roll back human rights and labour laws.xlJ_dolphin_473 said: What are you talking about with your vague references to "it would not be ideal for the EU to be making various decisions for us, despite the fact that the decisions they make do not affect them"? You don't give an example of a single example of what you're suggesting.
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1) The EU overall contributes money to the UK through the benefits of membership.
2) We do have a say in how the money was spent, that's what the regular votes we hold to elect members of the European Parliament are for.
3) We don't pay money to France, France is also a net contributor who pays in more money to the EU than they directly receive (although like us overall benefits). Rich countries pay in more than they receive, just like rich counties in the UK pay more to the UK government than poor ones and rich states in the US pay more to the federal government than poor states.
4) We need to accept immigrants to keep our country running regardless. The big difference post-EU is we'll get immigrants from outside the EU who will be willing to work for less even for skilled jobs like nursing (where there's a big demand for immigrants to fill all the positions) driving down the wages and bargaining position of all the native born people in those professions.
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