Wow, you're going at this from completely opposite sides, but in almost identical superficiality :) The EU is pretty damn efficient, by the way. Mostly because

Wow, you're going at this from completely opposite sides, but in almost identical superficiality :) The EU is pretty damn efficient, by the way. Mostly because it's one of the few governments that doesn't derive its impact from the power to tax & spend. But the money wouldn't even go to the EU. It goes to it's rightful owner: Ireland.