tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2081496221085597001..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: This is not evidence that a Brexit would help UK exports...Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-8297209492398409912016-02-10T09:45:17.922+00:002016-02-10T09:45:17.922+00:00Bear in mind that at its inception the European pr...Bear in mind that at its inception the European project was meant to provide an internal market of hundreds of millions of people all at comparatively the same wage levels with no need for exports at all.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-66049173002655773492016-02-09T20:04:51.559+00:002016-02-09T20:04:51.559+00:00MF, that is the question, isn't it?
Would a ...MF, that is the question, isn't it? <br /><br />Would a current or future UK government implement "the right economic reforms"? Neither is likely to replace taxes on earnings and output with LVT, so nothing major will come of it, but of all the stupid things which UK governments have done, the EU has never acted as a brake, in fact it has encouraged it (high VAT, bank bail outs, Human Rights Act, blah blah blah). <br /><br />And there are some sensible things which either Labour or Tory wanted to do which the EU prevented. So all in all, barring inevitable short term frictions, leaving the EU would be a small overall positive (not just in economics, there is plenty of other crap like the CO2 taxes shutting down heavy industry, coal fired power stations and so on).Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53537089039264883212016-02-09T19:18:40.923+00:002016-02-09T19:18:40.923+00:00Okay, first off I'm quite sure if we left and ...Okay, first off I'm quite sure if we left and enacted the right economic reforms the UK would be more than fine but... putting aside the many other valid democratic reasons for leaving and bearing in mind we are stuck with a dismal Tory government for the next 4 years (at least) brexit or not, how would you expect the short term costs vs benefits of a brexit actually work out for the UK?Tellysavallisasseenonthetellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935270627516783708noreply@blogger.com