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| Europe's fiscal Fascism brings British withdrawal ever closer |
| 2010-05-14 |
| The European Commission is calling for EU powers to vet budgets of the 27 member states before the draft laws have been presented to the House of Commons, the Tweede Kamer, the Folketing, the Bundestag, the Assemblee Nationale, or other national parliaments. It applies to Britain even though we are not in EMU. Fonctionnaires and EU finance ministers will pass judgement on the British (or Dutch, or Danish, or French) budgets before the elected bodies of these ancient and sovereign nations have seen the proposals. Did we not we not fight the English Civil War and kill a king over such a prerogative? |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 EU vetting of member states budgets is shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Way too late to fix the sovereign debt/Euro problem. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-05-14 22:39 |
| #6 Giving bureaucrats power without exercising control is always a recipe for disaster. Look at the USA's "Environmental Protection Agency". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-05-14 22:14 |
| #5 The EU way is a loss of sovereignty, the other way maybe not. It would be similar to the U.S.A. making treaties with the U.N. and then letting them call the shots. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-14 17:03 |
| #4 The peoples of Europe are not represented by the EU. A great distinction and difference. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-05-14 15:54 |
| #3 From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Honestly, I'm really not seeing the problem here. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-05-14 14:54 |
| #2 A distinction without a difference, perhaps, BP? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-14 13:19 |
| #1 It's the EU's Fascism, not Europes. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-05-14 12:57 |