Jabberwocky - read carefully

**Dundeegeorge** · 6 January 2006, 16:48

Nice one

How do we get out of this chickentulip s*c**l*st enclave that is known as "France and Germany's EU"?

**Fleetwood** · 6 January 2006, 16:56

What we need to do is have the same relationship with the EU that Switzerland has. EU nationals can work there, Swiss can work here, but the Swiss pay FA into the EU, and get FA back.
Sorted. JD... etc

**Mordac** · 6 January 2006, 17:17

>but the Swiss pay FA into the EU, and get FA back

Unlike the UK which pays £11bn into the EU and gets FA back...

**Fleetwood** · 6 January 2006, 17:26

Canny feckers, these Swiss, aren't they?

**DimPrawn** · 6 January 2006, 17:35

Originally posted by John Galt

And then apologise please...

I think Brown will have a simple solution to reducing government borrowing.

A very large increase in taxation.

Aimed at those greedy "middle classes". The ones that work hard, own cars and have a mortgage. You know the types. The ones New Lie hates so much.

**Gibbon** · 6 January 2006, 17:46

The attitude I depise is "It's alright for you cos you've a good job". Yeah right, I was walking down the street and someone came up and said "OI you come and work for me and I'll pay you loads"

Xoggoth is right, you earn what you're worth.

**Rebecca Loos** · 6 January 2006, 17:48

Unlike the UK which pays £11bn into the EU and gets FA back...

Mordac, are you an ostrich in disguise? More than half the UK "regions" are classified as poor or "below average" by the EU and get loads of grants. I believe the whole of Scotland is funded by the EU, as well as Wales, anything north of Manchester, Cornwall and of course Northern Ireland.

Also you will notice that British farmers have been strangely silent on the issue of trading rebate for reform of the EU agricultural policy - I wonder why.. maybe they do get some cash too while everyone else focuses on the frogs

**xoggoth** · 6 January 2006, 17:58

I'm right? Must be an off day. Actually I didn't say you earn what you are worth, that could involve worth defined by some wishy washy airy fairy namby pamby arty farty definition

I said that by definition in a free market you are worth what you earn. If you get somebody to pay £10m for your nail pairings you are worth it. On the other hand you may be a genius with a solution to the world's energy problems, if you can't sell it you're a useless bum.

**xoggoth** · 6 January 2006, 18:04

Anyone got the actual net figure, after all payments, rebates, subsidies, grants etc taken into account?

If figures show otherwise, always happy to admit I am talking crap, but I think RL that you will find we still pay a lot mopre than the French proportional to average income. And more per head, a more meaningfull measure for those of us who do not believe in the principle of international wealth sharing.

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