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Ireland has been a net contributor to the EU budget for many years. Plus it bailed out many EU bondholders when it didn't need to.
by secfirstmd 6y ago
Ireland has been a net contributor to the EU budget for many years. Plus it bailed out many EU bondholders when it didn't need to.
- turbinerneiter 6y agoIt was itself bailed out to the tune of 44b, so they still owe me a couple of bailouts, given that no one ever bailed me out. The whole EU is full of chery pickers and the fact that we have tax havens within it is disgusting.
- andrepd 6y agoThat's not how bailouts work. They were loaned money.
- secfirstmd 6y agoYeh and it's made most of it back with interest
- foepys 6y agoAfter financial markets collapsed in 2008, Ireland was in quite bad shape and requested a 67 billion Euro bailout from the EU. The EU granted it under the condition that Ireland gets their finances in order and imposes austerity measures on its citizens. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_cris...