Tuesday, June 21, 2016

5 Reasons So Many Britons Favor Brexit And Want To Dump the EU

5 Reasons So Many Britons Favor Brexit And Want To Dump the EU | Economics21:
"Just as Americans wouldn’t want U.S. tax, immigration and regulatory policy to be controlled by an imaginary American Union office based in Buenos Aires, many British don’t like their country being controlled by European Union bureaucrats in Brussels. 
That is why the latest polls show more British side with the “Leave” than the “Remain” campaign ahead of the Brexit referendum on June 23.
Americans wouldn’t like an American Union — call it the AU for short — responsible for 60% of laws, which is the share in Britain that come from the EU in Brussels rather than from Parliament in London.
We wouldn’t like an AU telling us we couldn't deport criminals or control our borders, as the EU does to Britain.
We wouldn’t want an AU ruling that we could no longer buy food by the pound, but would have to buy it in kilos because in Latin America food is measured in kilos.
That is what the EU tells Britain.
Everything from tomatoes to butter to flour has to be sold in kilos.
Americans wouldn’t like an American Union telling us how many hours we are allowed to work.
...During the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Korean War, Britain stood with America.
The EU is taking decisions ever further away from Parliament, in contempt of national sovereignty. No wonder the Brits are fed up. 
Just as the U.S. wouldn't want to live under an American Union, and declared freedom from England 240 years ago, now Britain wants to declare freedom from the EU."

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