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> In Denmark, we've had 'cinnamon patrols' go from bakery to bakery to verify that only the allowed amount of cinnamon was sprinkled on buns. Is this for real?

> In Denmark, we've had 'cinnamon patrols' go from bakery to bakery to verify that only the allowed amount of cinnamon was sprinkled on buns. Is this for real? I know it's anecdotal but I find it hilarious > I could write a list much longer, but in general I think the Unix approach works: Many small things that each do one thing well. The EU is the opposite: One giant thing which does nothing well Well...I'm sure many could point out somethings that the EU has done well...I guess at the heart of regulating cinnamon buns is the issue of standards...that specific instance is probably an overkill but having a common standard of electrical equipment produced/imported to the EU makes sense...at the very least you could argue that some member states have benefited considerably although that may not necessarily be attributable to EU policy

lbj 8y ago
Yeah I'm afraid the example is quite real. But sure, example could be dug up of good things the EU have done. But even in those cases the cost is much too great. For instance, they built a really nice hallway at the Parliament, but when it came time to name it, they assigned 76 diplomats and the president of the EU to work through the name. That alone ended up costing something like 11 million euros. I can't think of anything they've done, which hasn't resulted in millions of taxpayers money being poured down the drain. Not surprisingly, the EU has the lowest growth rate in the world.
- pas 8y ago
  > Not surprisingly, the EU has the lowest growth rate in the world. What would be the growth rate without the single market?
  - gdhbcc 8y ago
    Competition breeds excellence
    - sobani 8y ago
      The EU is big enough to compete with the US and China. Without the EU, the UK is about as big as California.
- garblegarble 8y ago
  >For instance, they built a really nice hallway at the Parliament, but when it came time to name it, they assigned 76 diplomats and the president of the EU to work through the name. That alone ended up costing something like 11 million euros. Citation please? I can't find anything about that online, and I'd expect that to be a scandal that'd be easily found!

lbj 8y ago

Yeah I'm afraid the example is quite real. But sure, example could be dug up of good things the EU have done. But even in those cases the cost is much too great. For instance, they built a really nice hallway at the Parliament, but when it came time to name it, they assigned 76 diplomats and the president of the EU to work through the name. That alone ended up costing something like 11 million euros. I can't think of anything they've done, which hasn't resulted in millions of taxpayers money being poured down the drain. Not surprisingly, the EU has the lowest growth rate in the world.

pas 8y ago
> Not surprisingly, the EU has the lowest growth rate in the world. What would be the growth rate without the single market?
- gdhbcc 8y ago
  Competition breeds excellence
  - sobani 8y ago
    The EU is big enough to compete with the US and China. Without the EU, the UK is about as big as California.
garblegarble 8y ago
>For instance, they built a really nice hallway at the Parliament, but when it came time to name it, they assigned 76 diplomats and the president of the EU to work through the name. That alone ended up costing something like 11 million euros. Citation please? I can't find anything about that online, and I'd expect that to be a scandal that'd be easily found!