| numberwang said: GB pays about 10 billion pounds more into the EU than they get back every year - a major economic boost if they can keep their money in the future.
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Also you get back "between £5bn and £6bn a year." from British farmers get money from the Common Agricultural Policy.
Also about 1bn of that, goes to Aid efforts around the world. When you pull out of EU, will you stop sending Aid to countries that need it?
(UK Government’s target of spending 0.7 per cent of Gross Domestic Product on aid. = money spend either way)
So now you see 7bn out of 10bn, is already gotten back/used anyways.
That last 3bn you lose, you probably make back in otherways.
like this: you get access to the single market, which they say profits the UK by far more than £8.4 billion.
= conclusion, yes Britain sent money to EU, lots of it, but they made back more than they sent.
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/how-much-do-we-spend-on-the-eu-and-what-else-could-it-pay-for/
