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Eh? Think you need to get your facts straight: https://amp.independent.ie/business/irish/ireland-contributes-more-money-than-it-gets-to-eu-for-first-time-348154
by anonymousDan 9y ago
Eh? Think you need to get your facts straight: https://amp.independent.ie/business/irish/ireland-contributes-more-money-than-it-gets-to-eu-for-first-time-34815450.html https://amp.independent.ie/business/irish/ireland-contribute...
- endless1234 9y agoHm? "For the first time since it joined the bloc in 1973" "Since 1973, Ireland has received over €50bn."
- lin_lin 9y agoWell if we're going down that road, that figure is dwarfed by the amount of debt the Irish State took on to bail out European banks...
- arethuza 9y agoWasn't it more like the Irish State was "forced" to bail out some truly awful Irish Banks who were lending money they had borrowed from European banks?
- anonymousDan 9y agoSo what, your point was that the only reason Ireland can maintain a low corporation tax rate is they benefit from EU funding. And here we are today with Ireland a net contributor to the EU and yet they still manage to maintain a low corporation tax rate.