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Hm? "For the first time since it joined the bloc in 1973" "Since 1973, Ireland has received over €50bn."
by endless1234 9y ago
Hm? "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.