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Originally Posted by Mr K
The UK will be staying in the the EU whatever the result of this referendum. It won't come down to MPs defying the will of the electorate. There'll be a crisis EU summit, new offer (which will contain nothing new), UK economy slides dramatically in the meantime and people get a second chance to vote the right way in a few months time, having seen their mortgages payments shoot up and their pensions plummet. Referendums are only allowed if you vote the right way.
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You forgot house prices crashing ..
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Originally Posted by Damien
Well you can't really undermine existing wages if a country has a minimum wage. I guess the problem is self-employed tradesman? That's a bit of a mixed bag though because whilst they may undercut the existing traders sometimes the cost of those tradesman can be very high. Plumbers for example are crazy expense per hour. I also wouldn't say those people are the lowest earners either.
You're right though. We do need to do more to stop the richer getting richer at the poor and better distribute income in this country.
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One of the core reasons for the growing wealth disparity is the global corporations exploiting weak national laws to ensure they a) pay the least they get away with, b) provide the minimum benefits and c) minimise the tax they pay on revenues earning in the country they operate.
Although the EU has been at fault in some regards, I think it provides the best vehicle, given its size and power as a large trading block, to ensure corporations balance the emploer/empoyee relationship more towards the employee.
If we leave the EU, the UK with the free market thinking of those current in power will erode the employee rights the EU have brought in over the years in order to encourage companies to come to the UK and "invest".