There are many reasons why the UK should disengage itself from the EU and plot its own destiny, but where it is in the direct interest of the mighty corporation to stay in according to the rich and powerful 10% of the world's population (and basically the 0.47% of the population who according to Credit Suisse's 'Global Wealth Report' control 41% of the world's wealth - and where also the top 10% rich control 86% of the world's wealth according to the same report). But it also has to be said that the 'cash-cow' that provides the rich with all their riches (the 90% of the world's people who work for these oligarchs and corporations), get nothing of any major significance out of the EU in terms of 'real' increases in their standards of living. Indeed the living standards of the vast majority in the EU (500 million+ EU citizens), are declining year-on-year and have been doing so in real terms for the last decade. Unfortunately this decline for most of the EU citizens will continue unabated as EU leaders, politicians and bureaucrats are controlled by the mighty corporations (last year according to Forbes the 'Global 2000' controlled 51% of all total world trade and why the corporation have politicians (including political leaders) in their back pockets, orchestrating an economic strategy for the rich and not the people.
A few of the reasons why the UK
would be better out of the EU are as follows.
1. The Wrong Quality and Backgrounds of Politicians in the EU
Compared to China is the Vital Difference in Winning the Economic War of
the 21st century
China's leaders are predominantly
engineers or scientists by training and where EU politicians are predominantly
not either engineers or scientists by training but lawyers. China's
meteoric rise has been principally orchestrated by technical people and the
main reason it has to be said why China has developed rapidly. In contrast EU
politicians because of their non-technical mindset (in technology terms) have
never understood the power of innovation, invention and technology to transform
economies into dynamic economies. China has always been different here and
where their past leadership over the last 30-years (the years of the economic
rise of China) have also been chiefly trained as engineers and scientists. In
this respect Dr. Jian Song, the former vice-premier of China for 13-years
and an Honorary Member of the Foundation, was the man who initially developed
the 'economic blueprint' for China and which they have adhered to ever since he did
so. Overall, I don't think that he did a bad job either, looking at the unparallel
economic rise of China over the last quarter of a century and where he was the
former president of their national academy of engineering. Indeed,
lawyer's minds just look at the laws of the land but have not the understanding
of things that create wealth (innovation, science and technology). These two
mindsets are therefore completely different and where the economic decline in
the EU and also the USA can be linked to this distinct political deficiency.
For one has the mind and thinking to develop a nation through the constant exploitation
of technological excellence and the other has not a clue what innovation and
invention can do for the benefit of a nation. The reason again, is that EU
politicians have in the main 'legal' brains and China's politicians have
'scientific and engineering' brains.
The EU espouses through the
Lisbon Treaty et al that they understand the power of innovation and research
& development, but in reality they do not. The history of this fact
is how the EU has not exploited an economic strategy that has worked and basically
is failing its people all the time. Indeed if the thinking in the EU was so
good it should not be China that is charging ahead but the EU. This is not the
case and therefore the EU's thinking cannot be right and where that is basically down again to their
politicians not having a scientific brain, but a legal brain in the main driving
the economies of the European Community. For this latter thinking will never
transform the EU into the economic powerhouse of the future world, but where in difference because
China has a scientific mindset, will eventually have an economy by the end of
this century at least 300% greater than the EU. By that time the EU's economy in comparison will
at best, just 'stand still'. Therefore the EU because of having the wrong
mindset in their decision-makers, will not just stagnate in economic terms, but
in real terms will decline decade on decade.
2. The 'EU-USA Trade Pact' versus the 'China-Russia Trade Pact'
'The TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership) will be an Absolute Disaster for the People of the EU
(European Union) and the People of America (USA) in the long-term - We simply
have to Vote AGAINST this behind closed doors Transatlantic Trade deal before
it is signed up and too late for the People to do anything about it' - http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-ttip-transatlantic-trade-and.html
But added to this, corporations will be able to override all manner of environmental concerns if these hit their bottom-line, such as stopping Fracking. From TTIP onwards, they will be able to get there own way and the people and their governments, will not be able to do anything about it. Don't believe me again, do your own research and where as one example of many, a US corporation is suing the Canadian government and their people (their taxpayers) presently for $10 billion for not allowing them to undertake Fracking.
'Fast Track Trade Traitors Murderers and Enemies' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fast-Track-Trade-Traitors-by-Rob-Kall-Enemies_Enemies-Of-Democracy_Fast-Track_Killing-150614-57.html
'The Lie Machine' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Lie-Machine-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-America_Corporate_Corporations_Power-141012-777.html by Dr Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration
The China-Russian Trade Pact on
the other hand will benefit their people, as China's next stage of the
implementation of their economic 'blueprint' for global economic and now financial domination, is to
develop their national internal economy, boosting the nation's inner economic
development. Indeed with near to 6 trillion in dollar reserves currently and
increasing by the year, China could support its economic growth now for
at least 30 years with this change in functional direction. Therefore
essentially it does not need the West to develop its nation's economic base any further, as there is a
chain-reaction internally now in place that cannot be stopped; not even if the western economies started to collapse. What a position to be
in and where in the future the world dependency currency will not be the once
mighty US dollar, but a new global currency that China and Russia have been working
on together now for nearly 10-years. One has also to remember that China and
Russia together have vast mineral and energy resources to tap into, but where
the EU has not. And as it has not the right mindset to bring out an economic
miracle through the Lisbon Treaty (as the basis is all wrong due to it not having the
vital 'missing economic development' link in its thinking and strategy), the EU will never
be able to solve its future problems together with the USA (who have very
similar non-performing politico-economic mindsets and strategies in place).
Therefore a great economic divide
will develop over the next 25-years and it will not be on the EU's side.
Indeed, the EU will see a constant decay and decline in living standards of
their people because their politicians are from the wrong technical backgrounds
and where consequently they do not understand, nor will they understand the thinking that is needed in the
21st century to create a dynamic economic bloc. That is where US-EU 'Partyocracy and
Corporateocracy' surmounts democracy and where the 'real' benefits are for those in politico-economic control and not the people's positive
futures. Unfortunately that is paramount and 90% of the people are basically used as economic fodder, to do with as they choose. Don't think so, see what the future brings by staying in the EU and witnessing your children's futures and meaningful lives, go down the preverbal EU non-performing economic drain.
Threat to the UK's National Health Service (NHS)
As a side effect of this so-called 'free-trade' agreement, the USA's massive health care industry can't wait to make big in-roads into the National Health Service (NHS). Not a lot of people are aware of this and where 'privatisation' of the UK health service is inevitable with this trade deal. The sad fact is that all parties know this including Labour who espouse that the NHS is safe in their hands. If this is so why aren't Labour against this massive trade pact that will take the NHS away from the people? For the TTIP is clear in the treaty, monopolies CANNOT EXIST and what is the NHS seen as, a monopoly of course. So forget about saving the NHS if we are in the EU. Indeed all EU
governments will be unable to provide or improve their health service because of
objections by the private companies making money in the health ‘business’. In
this respect in Sweden the public sector is no longer permitted to provide
health services as it’s viewed as ‘interference’ in the market. So the TTIP copies this and will enable the UK's NHS to be fully privatised and all our political leaders
know this. All are therefore hypocrites saying that they will save the NHS.
3. Cost of EU Membership and Benefits or No Benefits
On top of this there is €300 a
day for attending the European Parliament. Based upon 270 days out of 365 days
this equates to €81,000 a year.
MEPs
receive a Brussels/Strasbourg allowance of €304 per day towards away-from-home
accommodation and subsistence costs - which assuming 270 days equates to
€82,080 a year.
The
MEPs pension fund is non-contributory. All payments to it are made from the
Parliament’s budget and none are deducted from the salary of MEPs - therefore
on top of the basic salary one can add most probable on retirement a
lump sum pension pot of €303,195 (see links below).
The
salary package includes life and accident insurance, medical insurance, and
payments towards language and computer tuition (if ever used) - therefore this
perk is in addition to the basic salary and probably worth at least another
€10,000 a year.
MEPs
are reimbursed at cost for the price of the tickets they buy to travel between
their home and the Parliament in Brussels or Strasbourg - Business Premier
class travel. Therefore assuming 40 weeks return travel from the UK to
Brussels over the year, the cost of this would be in the order of 40 x £510 =
£20,400 (€25,092 at 25 May 2014)
(assuming
an average return fare of £510 - fare ranges from £450>£570)
MEPs
can also claim for up to 48 single journeys within their own country by train
or plane or boat (for example, Finland or Greece), or for car journeys in the UK and
the eight other largest Member States up to a maximum distance of 24,000 km
annually at the rate of €0.49/km. Therefore MEPs can charge an additional sum
of €11,760 a year if they travel up to the maximum.
An
annual allowance of up to €4148 annually is available to MEPs to meet the cost
of travel, accommodation and subsistence when making journeys outside their own
country in connection with their parliamentary work
The
European Parliament makes available the sum of €21,209 per month towards the
cost of an MEP employing staff - €254,508.
MEPs
currently receive an office costs allowance known as “general expenditure” of
€4299 per month - €51,588 a year).
Overall
on average therefore an MEP can receive up to €615,660 a year and look
forward to a lump sum pension pot of €303,195.
This works out for the 751 MEPs and for a single
year, €462.36 million (over 20 years €9.25 Billion) and the cost of pension
pots a further €227.70 million for the current incumbents. But one has also to
remember the hundreds of millions in EURO that have been forked out over the
last 40 years which is an enormous amount and where 100s of millions and tens of billions more will
be shelled out in the future.
This is only the cost of the Politicians and we have to add an enormous amount for paying the vast army of bureaucrats as well. Indeed some have even estimated that the total cost of the EU project costs EU taxpayers (UK included of course) as high as 1,000 Billion Euro a year for the whole of the EU conglomeration (around 50% of the annual GDP of the UK)!
But
the above also does not include any special payments and for other assiciated duties
for the EU outside their remit at MEPs. So some MEPs get considerably more than
these substantial sums. It is therefore no wonder that people like Neil
Kinnock (former leader of the Labour Party) and Glenys Kinnock (commissioner & MEP respectfully) liked and
enjoyed their political jobs in the EU for many years. But who wouldn't
and that goes for every one of them both past, present and in the future.
Indeed one budding MEP and successful author (David Craig) has
stated recently that an average MEP can easily save up between €1 million and
€1.5 million from the EU. Indeed he has gone on to say recently again that MEPs
are living on another planet compared to those who voted them in.
Some
have said that this is a 'gravy-train' but where I could not possibly comment
on this.
4. Being in the EU has not changed our 'Economic' trading percentages with EU countries since we joined the European Project in 1973 - Therefore there is no economic advantage to British trade whatsoever for the UK being in the EU.
Recent research published by the
think-tank Civitas - The Institute For The Study Of Civil Society, states that
the EU has provided the UK with NO trade benefit. In this respect the Civitas Report states
that trade with other EU nations makes up no more of the UK's trade now than it
did just before Britain joined up to the EEC in 1973. So what is the point in
Britain spending £55 million a day on an uneconomic and deficit increasing
political monster that is out of control?
Who are the idiots therefore is the question, the people who pay for all this or the politicians. It clearly looks to me that it is the people unfortunately.
Who are the idiots therefore is the question, the people who pay for all this or the politicians. It clearly looks to me that it is the people unfortunately.
5. The EU's Annual Translation Costs are 'Officially' Over £1000 Million and Rising Continuously
Just one element that is different to the United States of America and the United States of Europe is the latter's astronomical £1000 Million+ and growing translation costs. The reason of course is that the USA has one predominant language, American English, but where all EU 28 member states have different languages, equivalent different national alphabets and ways of saying and expressing things. Communication throughout the EU is overridingly fragmented and therefore a highly negative factor for integration and in providing economic dynamism. Therefore the EU 28's disparate individual national standings are not conducive to creating a dynamic economic block due to the communication difficulties. Indeed I have always stated that communication, collaboration and cooperation are the hallmarks of a dynamic economy in the 21st century and if one area is lacking the totally innovation chain is broken and cannot be fixed no matter what we try to do. Therefore the EU will never excel like the USA has done, because of this strategically fundamental inferior weakness within the EU's internal market structure.
It
should be noted that the above are only a few reasons why a Brexit vote has to
be the case come 23 June 2016, or we shall all (including our children and
their children) never be able to get out of this monster that takes no
prisoners today and definitely not in the future. Use your brains, intelligence
and 'gut' feeling is my advice, but beware of the lies and untruths that the
Europhiles will try to con you with. For once voted on, there is no chance of
ever having again an 'independent' Britain and that's the truth if our
politicians were fully open and dare I say it, truthful. For the TTIP for
example states that the trade treaty is irrevocable and therefore forever in
politico-legal language and meaning. So don't be fooled by our politicians
is my advice, as if you do, you will definitely regret it big time if the
UK stays within the EU.
'BREXIT - Switzerland Voting Not to Join the EU on 1 March 2016 is a Pointer to the British People What they Should do on 23 June 2016' - http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03
/brexit-switzerland-voting-not-to-join.html
Stop Press - Cameron Forced to put in the Queen's Speech or suffer defeat in parliament if he did not exclude the NHS from the TTIP trade negotiations
Cameron was forced to include a clause yesterday (19.05.16) so that the NHS was excluded in the TTIP negotiations. This should tell everyone that he is working for the corporations, as the TTIP is a corporate treaty in reality and why should he have had to be forced to do this if the TTIP is so good for the people?But he is having to do this under duress. Unfortunately for the NHS this will not stop the EU from privatising the NHS over a relatively short period of time when we have signed to stay in the EU and where because the TTIP makes it clear that 'MONOPOLIES' cannot exist, the EU will demand that the NHS is privatised.
And Britain will not be able to do a single thing against this, as we would then be trapped inside an all-powerful EU and under their total control. Don't believe me, return here in a mere 10 years time to see that all the above has unfortunately come true if we stay in the EU. For only by voting OUT can the NHS be saved and that is ultimately the truth.
I just wish people would wake up to the reality of the EU and where we shall definitely not be able to save the NHS and anything else for that matter that we cherish so much, once we sign to stay in the EU. For this time it will be forever.
Dr David Hill
CEO
World Innovation Foundation
25 May 2014 (updated 20 May 2016)
'Does the UK Government ‘CARE’ more about the European Union (EU) than the People of Britain?'
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/does-uk-government-care-more-about.html
'The EU-USA Trade Agreement if
our politicians vote it through will be a Disaster for the People of Europe
& the People of the USA'
http://worldinnovationfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-eu-usa-trade-agreement-if-our.htmlWhere’s The Insider Advantage? A comparative study of UK exports to EU and non-EU nations between 1960 and 2012 - Michael Burrage, Civitas
http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/insideradvantage
'Is our EU membership fee
£55 million?'
https://fullfact.org/economy/cost_eu_membership_gross_net_contribution-30887
'Now our payments to the EU
hit £53m each day' - Sunday Express, August 2012
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/336667/Now-our-payments-to-the-EU-hit-53m-each-day
Pay and Expenses Entitlement for
Every MEP
http://www.rebeccataylor.eu/pay-and-expenses-statement/
'Nigel Farage among MEPs to benefit from EU second pension scheme' -
Telegraph, April 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10777124/Nigel-Farage-among-MEPs-to-benefit-from-EU-second-pension-scheme.html'TTIP – it’s a Corporate Smash and Grab'
'Corporate Psychopaths and Bullies, Transcript of Interview with Clive Boddy, Author, part 2' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporate-Psychopaths-and-by-Rob-Kall-130727-614.html
'Chomsky Talks about Psychopaths and Sociopaths' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Chomsky-Talks-about-Psych-by-Rob-Kall-Corporations_Health-Mental-Sociopath-Narcissism_Narcissism_Psychopath-140215-378.html
'Who Are the Enemies of Democracy?' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060219_who_are_the_enemies_.htm
'Corporatism is Killing America' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporatism-is-Killing-Ame-by-Rob-Kall-120819-348.html
'World War Three Is Under Way and YOU Are the Enemy' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/World-War-Three-Is-Under-W-by-Rob-Kall-110706-550.html
'Rob Kall: Traitors and Heroes/Traitors as Heroes' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060827_traitors_and_heroes_2f.htm
'Calling Out and Challenging Evil... While We Still Can' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Calling-Out-and-Challengin-by-Rob-Kall-121003-737.html
'Made In America; Real Monsters-- Corporate Personhood' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Made-In-America-Real-Mons-by-Rob-Kall-110501-620.html
'The War Against Humanity; Targeting the Real Axis of Evil' - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_071229_the_war_against_huma.htm
