In state spending everything should have its price.This is not about being "a little Englander" on the one hand, or being "part of Europe" on the other.
According to the Bruges Group:
- The Common Agricultural Policy costs Britain at least £15.6 billion a year.
- The Common Fisheries Policy costs Britain at least £2.5 billion a year.
- Over-regulation costs Britain at least £26 billion a year. Membership of the European Union costs Britain £60.1 billion per annum gross or £50.6 billion net.
Or the equivalent for every tax-payer in Britain of £1,939 per annum gross or £1,632 net.
These are huge amounts, so before the debate heats up with political preconceptions it's reasonable to ask coolly whether we are getting value for money.
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Gerard Batten said the regulatory burden was £26 billion p.a.
Bad enough you may think. But some EU-twat called Gunter Verheugen admitted last year it was €600 billion across the EU, i.e. £1,000 each per person, or £60 billion for the UK.
And on top of Gerard's £50 bn cost, we could add that each £1 of tax collected costs the wider economy maybe £1.30 or £1.50 in terms of damage to the economy and collection costs.
I'll stop now because I am getting really angry.
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