A Rough Guide to the EU Budget

jp · 29-08-2008, 04:32 PM

ConservativeHome's Platform: Chris Heaton-Harris MEP: A Rough Guide to the EU Budget

A "must read". Absolutely shocking.

Edited to add - a good one for my 1,000th post!

chikrodah · 29-08-2008, 06:35 PM

Congratulations on getting to 1,000 posts, jp.

spaman · 07-09-2008, 07:30 PM

Nice link JP

Smiþ · 08-09-2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Article

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Unsurprisingly, the single biggest expense belongs to the agricultural sector and the Common Agricultural Policy – it accounts for a whopping £35.75bn! In addition to this, you will find that the UK is paying more than any other Member State in agricultural levies to the Commission - £374m. At a time of rapidly rising food costs, this is essentially just an extra European protectionist tax being levied on UK consumers.

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So, um, what is it at a time of falling food costs? Oh wait, it's still a protectionist tax then too. If this guy's agenda is to a) make people pay more at the till, or b) totally destroy Europe's food security, then he should carry on complaining. Otherwise, he might see that CAP actually has a use, but only once once it has been scrapped.

angelman · 10-09-2008, 02:45 PM

Who is CAP really benefiting? Certainly the farmer. What about the consumer?

Check out
CAP: A Solution To Food Prices? Nonsense - Forbes.com

jim h · 12-09-2008, 08:27 AM

Because of the weakness of the pound our net contributions to the EU budget will rise over the next 5 years by £8 billion . Think what we could have done with this money and where it will come from

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29-08-2008, 06:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
chikrodah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,660	Congratulations on getting to 1,000 posts, jp.

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angelman Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 474	Who is CAP really benefiting? Certainly the farmer. What about the consumer? Check out CAP: A Solution To Food Prices? Nonsense - Forbes.com

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jim h Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 361	Because of the weakness of the pound our net contributions to the EU budget will rise over the next 5 years by £8 billion . Think what we could have done with this money and where it will come from