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Cheeky answer would be: Because they've got the UK and Germany paying for them, just like the rest of their public infrastructure.
by nbevans 12y ago
Cheeky answer would be: Because they've got the UK and Germany paying for them, just like the rest of their public infrastructure.
- alphydan 12y ago[missing reference] I see this thrown around often, but have never found any references which take into account the trade balances, respective debts, tax contributions, etc.
- Oletros 12y agoAny source for that?
- deodorel 12y agoI would rather say that most euro countries are being ripped of by Germany, in multiple ways like the beggar thy neighbor of internal devaluation, rigid finacial policy when it suits them, way too higher trade imbalances with the other euro area countries, etc ... but is way cooler to say that "they are paying", because they are germans, right ...