{"id":4143,"date":"2016-04-28T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2016-04-28T19:30:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:30:15","slug":"eu-the-money-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"EU: The Money Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much money do we pay into the EU? Well according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fullfact.org\/europe\/our-eu-membership-fee-55-million\/\">Full Fact<\/a>, it&#8217;s quite a bit less than the Brexit campaigners would have us believe (who would have thought it? Politicians lying!). It&#8217;s actually around 13 billion a year (inclusive of the rebate), and the EU directly spends about 4 billion in the UK. To which can be added other figures such as grants for research, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Now that&#8217;s still quite a bit of money, and the Brexit campaigners are busy claiming all sorts of benefits that could come about if we spent it ourselves rather than send it to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Really? Have they not checked the colour of the Prime Minister&#8217;s underpants? The current Tory government is not in the business of spending money; they are more interested in cutting taxes for their rich cronies.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4119\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?resize=695%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stack-of-coins-p1\" width=\"695\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stack-of-coins-p1.jpeg?w=2085&amp;ssl=1 2085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much money do we pay into the EU? Well according to Full Fact, it&#8217;s quite a bit less than the Brexit campaigners would have us believe (who would have thought it? Politicians lying!). 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