Re:UK votes to leave EU
by ekianjo on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:06AM
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Well there's ample evidence that the EU is not doing any better than the rest of the world, and certainly worse that many developing countries and even worse than non-EU developed nations. There's litterally no data to support that the EU was a good thing on an economic point of view.
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Very true, unfortunately, pooling money between a few economically well developed countries and quite a few economically bunk countries does not work well for those whose money was actually worth something in the first place.
Re:UK votes to leave EU
by toomuchtodo on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:17AM
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Are talking about the pound? Because it doesn't appear like its worth much now.
https://twitter.com/DavidInglesTV/status/746192676085600256
> This is something we've never seen, chances are you'll never see again Pound just collapses 13% vs. the Yen #Brexit
https://twitter.com/MatthewPhillips/status/74618964684197888...
> Wow. The £ is down 8.4%. Currencies are not supposed to do that. (1% move is considered massive.)
Compared to just prior to joining the EU, the pound is down nearly 100%, since they were at about 2.50 USD the year they joined and that was prior to massive inflation.
I think the bigger picture is eluding some people in the face of shiny doomsday articles.
Re:UK votes to leave EU
by imtringued on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:49AM
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Source?