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Re:UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Br... by setra on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:17AM (#12079140)
If you loan people money and they don't pay it back you loose money...
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Re:UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Br... by vmateixeira on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:25AM (#12079227)
When is Britain loosing money? Regarding Portugal, all I can see is a really nice investment [1] and being paid back with [2]. Which means EU lenders are actually profiting.

[1] http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-portugal-imf-repayment-idUK...

[2] https://ycharts.com/indicators/portugal_long_term_interest_r...

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Re:UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Br... by karim on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:26AM (#12079234)
Not if they use your money to buy things from your country.
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Re:UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Br... by x3c on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:25AM (#12079229)
Great. Now make the journey from here to there.
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