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06-24-2016, 03:21 PM
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BS. It will be a non-issue. The faux panic of today, possibly the balance of the summer, will fade. It will take YEARS for the Brits to extricate themselves from the EU, during which time there will be every opportunity to plan and execute an orderly exit.
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Economic experts the world around (this excludes you) disagree.
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06-24-2016, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow
Economic experts the world around (this excludes you) disagree.
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Those would be the ones that thought the EU was a good idea in the first place? Witness the constant infighting over EU lawmaking that undermines national sovereignty, the mishandling of the Euro-zone debt issues, and a refugee issue that where no agreement exists about how to deal with it, and you have all the markings of a mighty mess.
Given that the UK is outperforming the rest of the EU economically right now (additional evidence that the single-market concept wasn't working anyway), this looks like the perfect time to make a break from the EU.
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06-25-2016, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by finnbow
Economic experts the world around (this excludes you) disagree.
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Not the ones I saw on TV last night, the exit will take a minimum of two years was pretty much the consensus.
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06-24-2016, 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whell
BS. It will be a non-issue. The faux panic of today, possibly the balance of the summer, will fade. It will take YEARS for the Brits to extricate themselves from the EU, during which time there will be every opportunity to plan and execute an orderly exit.
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"faux panic" indeed.
You used the right words.
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06-24-2016, 06:26 AM
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The first world revolution has started with a helluva first shot.
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06-24-2016, 08:51 AM
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So why is the US stock market crashing?
Seems investors use any excuse to take profits off my 401K... Wish they'd leave something for me.....
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06-24-2016, 09:15 AM
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I know this is undemocratic but there is a lot to be said about letting elected legislatures deal with this sort of thing than popular referendums. People are not as smart in the twitter age. A lot of the propositions in California I routinely vote against are just bad law;
that is why many are not held up in court.
Cameron was doing a good job as PM from what I gather. Too bad his political career has been destroyed by it.
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06-24-2016, 09:42 AM
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Cameron was doing a good job as PM from what I gather. Too bad his political career has been destroyed by it.
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Generally, yes. However, he made a deal with the devil (the nativist UK Independence Party) to have a Brexit referendum in exchange for their vote in the latest Parliamentary elections, similar to the deal with the devil that the GOP is now making with der Trumpenfuhrer.
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06-24-2016, 09:50 AM
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Generally, yes. However, he made a deal with the devil (the nativist UK Independence Party) to have a Brexit referendum in exchange for their vote in the latest Parliamentary elections, similar to the deal with the devil that the GOP is now making with der Trumpenfuhrer.
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That was a mistake.
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06-24-2016, 09:52 AM
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That was a mistake.
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Like the one between the GOP and the TParty?
Barney
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