| StokedUp said: I choose leave, yes it might be a hard year or 2 to start off with while the country adjusts to being fully independent and fully in control of itself but in the long run this presents an opputunity to really make something great of it. Look at Norway, Finland and Sweden, those countries are not part of the EU but do have a deal to do trade and business with eu countries freely and every year those countries are voted in the top 10 best countries to live in every year. We have a chance to to take back control and make our own rules for our own people. |
Just for your information. Finland is in the euro zone, they even use the EURO!! Sweden is also part of Euro zone, but they decided just like the UK to use their own currency!!! (so gone is your comparisement as Finland and Sweden have a high standard of living)
I'm Dutch so I will not vote. My personally feeling would be: You are completely right to leave. A lot of the Dutch people would want to leave.
But in reality, most of the people who want to leave(all european countries) only have the feeling that leaving would stop refugees/immegrants and also will give them more money back. Especially the people I speak in the UK, think they pay most per person in Europe and don't get money back etc etc. But that's not true, they are on the 8th spot (after spot 10 you get more money from Europe than giving). https://inews.co.uk/explainers/charts/much-uk-pays-eu-much-get-back/ But in reality when you suddenly step out, this will for sure will cause a economic dip for at least 5 years. And it's expected that because when you leave the EURO this will cause issolation in Europe, the price to get goods in the country will be much higher than it is now. So the big question is, does the UK have enough own resources and market to climb out of the big dip they will have, when leaving EUROPE? I personally don't think so, as being an island you really depand a lot on importing and exporting goods and when isolated this will cause a problem. Norway is quite a different story where they have a huge wealth because of the oil they have and next to that they have had also a big dip, but with their current system they have a good social plan but high tax and extreme high prices for many products which are currently in the rest of Europe dirt cheap!
