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nomadking · 06-11-2014, 11:42

The EU needs to set its budgets and "charges" to EU countries on a similar basis to Council Tax. Councils set a budget for spending and then set the council tax rates in order to raise that money. The EU raises money that depends a lot on how well countries are doing economically and then decides how to spend it. If the UK wasn't doing so relatively well, economically, what would the EU do? This £1.7billion isn't needed by the EU. It is just a bonus for them to fritter away.

06-11-2014, 11:42	#116
nomadking cf.mega poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northampton Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb, V6 STB Posts: 8,286	Re: EU demand extra £1.7bn from UK The EU needs to set its budgets and "charges" to EU countries on a similar basis to Council Tax. Councils set a budget for spending and then set the council tax rates in order to raise that money. The EU raises money that depends a lot on how well countries are doing economically and then decides how to spend it. If the UK wasn't doing so relatively well, economically, what would the EU do? This £1.7billion isn't needed by the EU. It is just a bonus for them to fritter away.