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Purpose of EU, Euro 'Was Not to Create Prosperous Europe'
Topic Started: Dec 29 2016, 01:38 AM (1,128 Views)
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Purpose of EU, Euro 'Was Not to Create Prosperous Europe'

The intention of the European Union as a supranational organization has never been to promote prosperity in Europe, economist and geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig told Sputnik.

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The interview came after the release of a European Central Bank (ECB) survey which indicated that the gap between the rich and the poor is on the rise in Europe.

Ten percent of eurozone households own more than half the region's wealth, with half a million euros each on average. Meanwhile, the poorest five percent owe more than they possess, and are stuck with negative net worth, according to the survey.

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"The ECB knows very well what's happening. They are at least partially to blame for the situation when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," Peter Koenig said. The former World Bank staff member criticized the ECB's monetary policy, saying it "has nothing to do with Europe's realities."

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Koenig described the EU as not a union in the full sense of the word.

"It has no common constitution, no common political goals and it is too diverse culturally and economically to be united under one currency, the euro, which has been a failure from the beginning," he said.

Koenig also pointed the finger at the EU for doing little to improve people's living standards.

"From the very beginning, the purpose of the European Union and the common currency was not to create a prosperous Europe. It was an idea of the United States to have a Europe which could be subdued, something that is currently happening," he pointed out.

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"The European bankers are only interested in an instant profit rather than the wellbeing of ordinary people, just like the US banks," he pointed out.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612281049062953-european-central-bank-survey-euro/


I would had thought much of this was blinking obvious, but had been involved in enough debates to know the obvious is far from obvious for some.

Note the last paragraph quoted, and note that where bailouts are concerned, it is not the people who benefit from such bailouts but banks and financial institutions with taxpayers picking up the tab.
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Jan 16 2017, 06:41 PM
I said remain campaign. Flip back through the posts.
 ::) and IF your assertion was true it would be evidenced by quotes of Remain campaigners making those statements

That they didn't and you have woefully tried misrepresentation and diversion to try to cover this shows you were posting PorkyPie: s. Not exactly a surprise but I hate such and I'm not in the mood to let you post a lie or disingenuity to be the last word on this.
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I said remain campaign. Flip back through the posts.
 ::) and IF your assertion was true it would be evidenced by quotes of Remain campaigners making those statements

That they didn't and you have woefully tried misrepresentation and diversion to try to cover this shows you were posting PorkyPie: s. Not exactly a surprise but I hate such and I'm not in the mood to let you post a lie or disingenuity to be the last word on this.
Cameron was a remain campaigner.  ::)
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Jan 16 2017, 06:41 PM
I said remain campaign. Flip back through the posts.
 ::) and IF your assertion was true it would be evidenced by quotes of Remain campaigners making those statements

That they didn't and you have woefully tried misrepresentation and diversion to try to cover this shows you were posting PorkyPie: s. Not exactly a surprise but I hate such and I'm not in the mood to let you post a lie or disingenuity to be the last word on this.
Cameron was a remain campaigner.  ::)
Sohow come you cannot find a quote of him saying the things you say were said

Because you were making it all up perchance?

Go on google would be your friend IF your story was true. But why not 'fess up Ph1 and admit what you know to be the truth, you posted Vote Leave false accounts of Cameron's speeches as if he said them.
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getting bored dealing with the endless diversion and misrepresentation from Swindon

Does any serious poster want to post a link to a Remain campaigner saying if we vote out then "we will have WW3" or "the economy will go belly up"
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Cameron was a remain campaigner.  ::)
Sohow come you cannot find a quote of him saying the things you say were said

Because you were making it all up perchance?

Go on google would be your friend IF your story was true. But why not 'fess up Ph1 and admit what you know to be the truth, you posted Vote Leave false accounts of Cameron's speeches as if he said them.
Do you seriously believe the Mirror was only national publication to quote him? Even the China Daily ran the story. !jk!


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Cameron fears 'World War 3' if Britain quits Europe

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and the man from Swindon posts another link that shows his story to be false

You really could not make this up
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Jan 16 2017, 07:07 PM
and the man from Swindon posts another link that shows his story to be false

You really could not make this up
And I didn't make it up. Links prove that.  ::) :) !wav! !jk!
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and the man from Swindon posts another link that shows his story to be false

You really could not make this up
And I didn't make it up. Links prove that.  ::) :) !wav! !jk!
You didn't read the article did you. Just like a Sun reader having to use his index finger to trace the words you stopped at the headline and assumed the article would back you - it doesn't
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and the man from Swindon posts another link that shows his story to be false

You really could not make this up
And I didn't make it up. Links prove that.  ::) :) !wav! !jk!
You didn't read the article did you. Just like a Sun reader having to use his index finger to trace the words you stopped at the headline and assumed the article would back you - it doesn't
And you didn't surf the net.  ::)
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The above is from Guardian, and another publication that supported UK remaining in EU. Hell, the Guardian is also pushing for UK to have a second EU referendum.  ::)

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The above is from Guardian, and another publication that supported UK remaining in EU. Hell, the Guardian is also pushing for UK to have a second EU referendum.  ::)

Except that

a) it's actually an article by Simon Jenkins a well known long term uber Outer Evidence

and

b) those that can read beyond headlines can see the article refutes your assertion because Cameron didn't say what you said he did. Fact

Please feel free to keep digging with your false stories. You'll be saying hello to your old chums in Oz soon (hate to break this to you but they might not be so glad to see you appear in the middle of their barbie)
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The above is from Guardian, and another publication that supported UK remaining in EU. Hell, the Guardian is also pushing for UK to have a second EU referendum.  ::)

Except that

a) it's actually an article by Simon Jenkins a well known long term uber Outer Evidence

and

b) those that can read beyond headlines can see the article refutes your assertion because Cameron didn't say what you said he did. Fact

Please feel free to keep digging with your false stories. You'll be saying hello to your old chums in Oz soon (hate to break this to you but they might not be so glad to see you appear in the middle of their barbie)
Published in a paper that supported the UK remaining in EU, and with an article that did not support the Guardian's stance. Further, he may had been supporter of leave, but the article could not got to press without the authorisation of its Editor, who is clearly pro remain.

Did I mention I was also an editor once upon a time? May had been a trade journal, but an editor none-the-less.  ::)
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More pointless diversion ^ because he cannot answer the points made

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More pointless diversion ^ because he cannot answer the points made

!jk! !jk! !jk! !jk! !jk! !jk! !jk!
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Point proven.

I also see no one has responded to the challenge of post 84
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Point proven.

I also see no one has responded to the challenge of post 84
Nope, you proved zip. Nobody responded because to respond to you would be a waste of time.  ::)
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Point proven.

I also see no one has responded to the challenge of post 84
Nope, you proved zip. Nobody responded because to respond to you would be a waste of time.  ::)
I've read it and you are clearly talking bollocks because the contents of the article do not support the headline, and now some practical advice for West Country laggards.

READ THE ARTICLE BEYOND THE HEADLINE, this will often contain many words known as sentences that contradict clickbait junkies with short attention spans.
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Point proven.

I also see no one has responded to the challenge of post 84
Nope, you proved zip. Nobody responded because to respond to you would be a waste of time.  ::)
I've read it and you are clearly talking bollocks because the contents of the article do not support the headline, and now some practical advice for West Country laggards.

READ THE ARTICLE BEYOND THE HEADLINE, this will often contain many words known as sentences that contradict clickbait junkies with short attention spans.
Hi tigger. I was wondering when you would show. Post stands.  ::)
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Hi tigger. I was wondering when you would show. Post stands.  ::)
Why do you always say that after your latest pile of ill conceived garbage has been completely debunked?

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Hi tigger. I was wondering when you would show. Post stands.  ::)
Why do you always say that after your latest pile of ill conceived garbage has been completely debunked?

;D
Because you appear to believe that I will change my view on rubbish you post.  ::)
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Hi tigger. I was wondering when you would show. Post stands.  ::)
Why do you always say that after your latest pile of ill conceived garbage has been completely debunked?

;D
Because you appear to believe that I will change my view on rubbish you post.  ::)
I've got no intention of changing anyone's views, I'm here to debunk garbage, bigotry and fake news, you might see this as broadcasting I see it as entertainment. !wav!
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Because you appear to believe that I will change my view on rubbish you post.  ::)
I've got no intention of changing anyone's views, I'm here to debunk garbage, bigotry and fake news, you might see this as broadcasting I see it as entertainment. !wav!
Oh, is that what you are trying to do. Try again.  ::)
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All I can say is there must be some seriously stupid people in Swindon if guess who makes the top 5%
And if I were to make such a post what would the MOD do/say? Given you are a MOD, I trust you will not find this question to difficult?  ::)
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Just to emphasize that last point, it may well be that we will be flouncing out of the EU just as they decided to roll back on free movement. 'The Deal' was after all a fairly thick thin end of a wedge in the principle of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


The problem is, it IS and has been eroding for a long time in the countries of the EU, but in Brussels at EU HQ, the support is as strong as it ever was.

There appears to be a serious disconnect between National governments and the EU.
A disconnect yes but connected enough to tear up free movement dogma to offer us 'the Deal' that would have ended pure free movement.


I'm not so sure about that... The EU seems almost religious in its beliefs regarding the 'sanctity' of EU rules, especially the 'core principles'.
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And if I were to make such a post what would the MOD do/say? Given you are a MOD, I trust you will not find this question to difficult?  ::)
It's an abstracted and indirect comment provoked by incessant trolling but OK I will remove it
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And if I were to make such a post what would the MOD do/say? Given you are a MOD, I trust you will not find this question to difficult?  ::)
It's an abstracted and indirect comment provoked by incessant trolling but OK I will remove it
Thank you, and I was not trolling.
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Just to emphasize that last point, it may well be that we will be flouncing out of the EU just as they decided to roll back on free movement. 'The Deal' was after all a fairly thick thin end of a wedge in the principle of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


The problem is, it IS and has been eroding for a long time in the countries of the EU, but in Brussels at EU HQ, the support is as strong as it ever was.

There appears to be a serious disconnect between National governments and the EU.
A disconnect yes but connected enough to tear up free movement dogma to offer us 'the Deal' that would have ended pure free movement.
But only for a limited time span, IIRC.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
A disconnect yes but connected enough to tear up free movement dogma to offer us 'the Deal' that would have ended pure free movement.
But only for a limited time span, IIRC.
But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
But only for a limited time span, IIRC.
But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance
I think that the dogmatic ideologists were given plenty of chances, they can hardly turn around and say that for years they were unaware of how the folks on an Island with limited space were feeling about free movement within the EU and the undermining of the wage structures in the UK.

No, they knew very well how the Brits felt about open borders but ignored the concerns....hence we are where we are, as I said previously, the EU ideal will probably end up being a good entity...WHEN it learns to be flexible and admit that one size does not fit all.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance
I think that the dogmatic ideologists were given plenty of chances, they can hardly turn around and say that for years they were unaware of how the folks on an Island with limited space were feeling about free movement within the EU and the undermining of the wage structures in the UK.

No, they knew very well how the Brits felt about open borders but ignored the concerns....hence we are where we are, as I said previously, the EU ideal will probably end up being a good entity...WHEN it learns to be flexible and admit that one size does not fit all.
So you based your vote on historical bitterness and not the facts of the situation at the time

You weren't alone but it's really nothing to be proud of
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
But only for a limited time span, IIRC.
But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance


Would it have been a beachhead or a carrot on a stick though?

I suspect the latter.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
I think that the dogmatic ideologists were given plenty of chances, they can hardly turn around and say that for years they were unaware of how the folks on an Island with limited space were feeling about free movement within the EU and the undermining of the wage structures in the UK.

No, they knew very well how the Brits felt about open borders but ignored the concerns....hence we are where we are, as I said previously, the EU ideal will probably end up being a good entity...WHEN it learns to be flexible and admit that one size does not fit all.
So you based your vote on historical bitterness and not the facts of the situation at the time

You weren't alone but it's really nothing to be proud of
What exactly were the facts of the situation at the time?
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance


Would it have been a beachhead or a carrot on a stick though?

I suspect the latter.
And had it turned out so we still could have left later. as Rich has shown ^ some were so determined to vote against an imagined mythical monster they wouldn't look at the facts.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


Would it have been a beachhead or a carrot on a stick though?

I suspect the latter.
And had it turned out so we still could have left later. as Rich has shown ^ some were so determined to vote against an imagined mythical monster they wouldn't look at the facts.


For me the monster is the inflexibility of the EU and well, I think we shall within the next year or so, see exactly how 'mythical' that monster is, the EU is going to have to either change or die.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"
And had it turned out so we still could have left later. as Rich has shown ^ some were so determined to vote against an imagined mythical monster they wouldn't look at the facts.


For me the monster is the inflexibility of the EU and well, I think we shall within the next year or so, see exactly how 'mythical' that monster is, the EU is going to have to either change or die.
We'll see. It'll always change but whether it'll change to address its serious flaws is anyone's guess. Had we been in there was very much more chance. Will it die if it doesn't? I doubt it as polls show that outside the UK there is strong public support for the EU as is albeit with strong public opposition to those that want some sort of USofE
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deephttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613027

"Support for EU freedom of movement rules 'eroding'"


For me the monster is the inflexibility of the EU and well, I think we shall within the next year or so, see exactly how 'mythical' that monster is, the EU is going to have to either change or die.
We'll see. It'll always change but whether it'll change to address its serious flaws is anyone's guess. Had we been in there was very much more chance. Will it die if it doesn't? I doubt it as polls show that outside the UK there is strong public support for the EU as is albeit with strong public opposition to those that want some sort of USofE


I personally don't think the EU WILL change to address its most serious flaws, with us in or out, it's the core dogmatic ideology that needs to change and such ideology by its very nature resists change.

I'm also not so sure about the EU not dying, if it learns to bend it might survive as a looser EU, but if it doesn't bend then various governments will use the EU's own inflexibility to stir up nationalism... The choices seem to be loosen or shatter.

Polls here also showed a remain win and much EU support.
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But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance

I lean towards this being worthy of consideration, a possible adjustment to FoM that encompassed all member states.
But my reason for not giving it more weight is simply that 'it wasn't enough', and had it worked and reduced number coming here we'd be stuck with it. If it had failed we'd still be stuck with it.
Only by leaving has the UK altered the reliance on FoM that existed to now bring it into serious doubt in other member countries.
If the EU does change it will be the UK referendum result that changed it. Cameron's deal was never going to do that.
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But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance

I lean towards this being worthy of consideration, a possible adjustment to FoM that encompassed all member states.
But my reason for not giving it more weight is simply that 'it wasn't enough', and had it worked and reduced number coming here we'd be stuck with it. If it had failed we'd still be stuck with it.
Only by leaving has the UK altered the reliance on FoM that existed to now bring it into serious doubt in other member countries.
If the EU does change it will be the UK referendum result that changed it. Cameron's deal was never going to do that.
I really can't get my head around FoM in regards to the UK, having a family member living in Europe I'm well aware of the hurdles involved in moving too and working in another country, essentially lots of hoops with no guarantees until you have proved yourself and with the very real possibility of being booted out if you fall on hard times.

Contrast this with my own first hand experience here. 8 o clock and a bus turns up on site and out trot a dozen East Europeans, they've only been in the country 48 hours and they've got a P45, digs and have done the obligatory H&S, many will not speak workable English and most will be low skilled to virtually unskilled.

This simply would not happen in other EU countries, what with permits and more rigorous skill cards but many people probably think it does! We want cheap disposable workers and we were happy to take them, in a nutshell we fucked ourselves and our own people.
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But the point was it tore up the idiot free movement dogma so it could have been a beach head for complete reform of free movement. Seems other countries would have backed us.

It deserved to be given a chance

I lean towards this being worthy of consideration, a possible adjustment to FoM that encompassed all member states.
But my reason for not giving it more weight is simply that 'it wasn't enough', and had it worked and reduced number coming here we'd be stuck with it. If it had failed we'd still be stuck with it.
Only by leaving has the UK altered the reliance on FoM that existed to now bring it into serious doubt in other member countries.
If the EU does change it will be the UK referendum result that changed it. Cameron's deal was never going to do that.
I really can't get my head around FoM in regards to the UK, having a family member living in Europe I'm well aware of the hurdles involved in moving too and working in another country, essentially lots of hoops with no guarantees until you have proved yourself and with the very real possibility of being booted out if you fall on hard times.

Contrast this with my own first hand experience here. 8 o clock and a bus turns up on site and out trot a dozen East Europeans, they've only been in the country 48 hours and they've got a P45, digs and have done the obligatory H&S, many will not speak workable English and most will be low skilled to virtually unskilled.

This simply would not happen in other EU countries, what with permits and more rigorous skill cards but many people probably think it does! We want cheap disposable workers and we were happy to take them, in a nutshell we fucked ourselves and our own people.
Quite

Our problems have mostly been self made with some idiot disinclination to use the perfectly legal methods the other EU countries use to discourage low qualified migrant workers.

But as the incisive wit Henning Wehn puts it:

"There's that entrepreneurial, creative streak – that's Britain's biggest asset.

The negative side of that is if you say 'I want to be a plumber', you can be tomorrow – you can get yourself put in the directory, though your customers will probably suffer."

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I really can't get my head around FoM in regards to the UK, having a family member living in Europe I'm well aware of the hurdles involved in moving too and working in another country, essentially lots of hoops with no guarantees until you have proved yourself and with the very real possibility of being booted out if you fall on hard times.

............ Contrast this with my own first hand experience here. 8 o clock and a bus turns up on site and out trot a dozen East Europeans, they've only been in the country 48 hours and they've got a P45, digs and have done the obligatory H&S, many will not speak workable English and most will be low skilled to virtually unskilled.

This simply would not happen in other EU countries, ........... .
Quite

Our problems have mostly been self made with some idiot disinclination to use the perfectly legal methods the other EU countries use to discourage low qualified migrant workers.


edited for brevity

It wasn't so long ago that the main stream press were extolling the virtues of FoM, the value that it added, the insistence that these migrants were an asset worth protecting - they were skilled, hard working, uncomplaining, and less expensive to employ. They added more than they took out.
What changed?

Were we lied to then or lied to since - either way it does demonstrate that we should never believe what we are told - and that is true today.

Edited by Affa, Jan 18 2017, 10:39 PM.
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