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Who else is buying British and avoiding EU goods where possible?
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostTell me snowflake, is your puddle crystal clear or does it smell of piss when you melt?
Vote's been taken, get behind us, or fook off to Germany.Comment
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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostThe old 8% vs 50% argument [emoji57] let's translate that to money shall we? That 8% was worth £290 billion while that 50% equalled £230 billion granted these are figures from 2015 but I'll leave you to do the maths.
For UK 230 Billion is still approx 50% of total world trade, very noticeable, especially to the treasury which takes about 30% of this in tax.Last edited by motoukenin; 2 June 2017, 20:54.Warning unicorn meat may give you hallucinationsComment
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Here's a graph (it's actually quite old, but can't be bothered to find a more recent one)
It's how much we import in goods minus exports.
We are haemorrhaging money on buying foreign made goods.
But if you think about it, although we might buy a brand new £150K car every few months, generally most of our money goes on food, transport and energy. If we can buy British we reduce the money vanishing from Britain, pay someone's wages, who pays tax and themselves buy more British goods.
Otherwise, it's an exponential drop in demand for British goods, meaning more debt, and low investment in the UK economy.
Ultimately we end up fooked.
HTH BIDI
(mostly because you are a thick, liberal, Guardian reading snowflake moron)Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostHere's a graph (it's actually quite old, but can't be bothered to find a more recent one)
It's how much we import in goods minus exports.
We are haemorrhaging money on buying foreign made goods.
But if you think about it, although we might buy a brand new £150K car every few months, generally most of our money goes on food, transport and energy. If we can buy British we reduce the money vanishing from Britain, pay someone's wages, who pays tax and themselves buy more British goods.
Otherwise, it's an exponential drop in demand for British goods, meaning more debt, and low investment in the UK economy.
Ultimately we end up fooked.
HTH BIDI
(mostly because you are a thick, liberal, Guardian reading snowflake moron)Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostYou're about to find out that your cretinous simplistic economics doesn't work.
Buy the British goods, the company expands,hires more people to meet the demand, makes more profit, pays more taxes.
It's not rocket science, but it goes against your anti-British rhetoric, fed to you by the Guardian and other such liberal vomit rags.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostActually it works if enough people do it.
Buy the British goods, the company expands,hires more people to meet the demand, makes more profit, pays more taxes.
It's not rocket science, but it goes against your anti-British rhetoric, fed to you by the Guardian and other such liberal vomit rags.Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI don't read the Guardian you imbecile. The evidence against protectionism comes from history - it's never worked. But hey maybe you can provide one instance when it has?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostIt's not protectionism you military grade cretin.
* yes I know it's mainly using tariffs, but the issue is you favour your own products above others. you do know this has been tried before in the UK? Or have you forgotten? Or perhaps you're an immigrant?Last edited by sasguru; 2 June 2017, 21:20.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI don't read the Guardian you imbecile. The evidence against protectionism comes from history - it's never worked. But hey maybe you can provide one instance when it has?
This is very vague I was expecting more from you.Comment
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