On 7 May, 16:49, "steve robinson"
wrote:
Adrian wrote:
"steve robinson" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Utter rubbish , its nothing about working harder , they can afford
to take less because thier cost of living is less

How about those who have moved and are living here?

Did you not see the chavs interviewed on TV outside a job centre
refusing to work for £7/hr picking veg, because they felt it was too
much like hard work?

It is hard work and £7.00 an hour is not a very good wage , i was
earning that 20 years ago , they would probably be better off on
benifits

and because of the stupidity of the EU in supporting thier
economies through leveys on the uk , germany france etc its skewing
the market place , Take spain as an example thier economy has
recieved billions in *subsidies since the jioned the eu , so has
southern ireland

Ireland joined (what became) the EU at the same time as the UK, in
1972. *Spain in 1977.

Are you against all subsidies for regions experiencing economic
difficulties? no but thiers a big difference between a hand up and a

hand out , any help should be subject to econmoic reform no reform no
handout



Very few of the eu countries could stand on thier own two feet
without these cash injections ,

So socio-political policy should support the rich-poor divide, rather
than aim for a flattening of socia-economic differences? Is that
purely at national level, or should it be applied to personal
taxation within a country, too?

Most of the poorer countries are in that position because of thier own
economic mismanagement and fiscal control ,

You are joking? You do not think it is anything to do with being
flattened in WW2, then occupied by russia for 45 years while the west
waged an ecconomic war against the soviet block? What do you suggest
poland do differently? Surely not raise taxes, increase regulation of
industry and prevent labour mobility which seems to be the issues you
are complaining about.

you cant force a country
into the twentyfirst centuary they need to grow at thier own pace , you
only have to look at africa , the more we help and interfere the more
they dispise us and yet the more they rely on us

A desperate people that are given food will still be desperate but they
are unlikely to do anything about the situation that caused it

A desperate people who are not given food will be without hope they
will do something about it

You have to remember that by far the largest chunck of the EU budget
goes on supporting farmers to produce food, in particular inefficent
"farmers" in france. I do not think you can can worry too much about
industrial development support for easten europe while so much money
is spend on the CAP.

If you were to reduce development support in poland etc. you would
only make the problem here worse, as more people would come here
looking for work. It is in everyones intrest to get easten europe up
to a comparable level of wealth.