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In reply to the discussion: RBS will leave Scotland if voters back independence [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Losing national identity, having no control over the currency you use, or the markets you are exposed to, having no say in how your military is being used...
not good things, in my book.
Of course, that powers that be, having moved from stealing from a city to stealing from a state to stealing from a country, LOVED the chance to steal from the EU.
EU countries are losing sovereignty very quickly, and are countries in name only. Look at Greece, Italy, and Spain.Their spending is being dictated by the
central Bank, which steps in and imposes that gruesome term, "austerity" following the failure of the countries to carry out conditions of IMF loans.
Which, by the way, is EXACTLY a page from the Mafia handbook...loan money to a business, under onerous rates, then move in and take over the business when the owner cannot pay, run up credit charges for the goods, run the goods out the back door for re-sale, and when the business is finally teetering, torch it for the insurance money.