No, that would be "gof." Without the "L."
I'm told the president is a fan.
Posted on 10/06/2012 1:51:04 PM PDT by presidio9
CATALONIA may be the catalyst for a renewed wave of separatism in the European Union, with Scotland and Flanders not far behind. The great paradox of the European Union, which is built on the concept of shared sovereignty, is that it lowers the stakes for regions to push for independence.
While a post-national European Union may be emerging out of the euro zone crisis, with a drive for more fiscal union and more centralized control over national budgets and banks, the crisis has accelerated calls for independence from member countries’ richer regions, angry at having to finance poorer neighbors.
Artur Mas, the Catalan president, recently shook Spain and the markets with a call for early regional elections and promised a referendum on independence from Spain, although Madrid considers it illegal. Scotland is planning an independence referendum for the autumn of 2014. The Flemish in Flanders have achieved nearly total autonomy, both administrative and linguistic, but still resent what they consider to be the holdover hegemony of the French-speakers of Wallonia and the Brussels elite, emotions that will be on display in provincial and communal elections Oct. 14.
There are countless things that hold unhappy countries, like marriages, together — shared history, shared wars, shared children, shared enemies. But the economic crisis in the European Union is also highlighting old grievances.
Many in Catalonia and Flanders, for example, argue that they pay significantly more into the national treasury than they receive, even as national governments cut public services. In this sense, the regional argument is the euro zone argument writ small, as richer northern countries like Germany, Finland and Austria complain that their comparative wealth and success are being drained to keep countries like Greece, Portugal and Spain afloat.
The crisis has also produced a loss of
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Haggis!
And here is another factoid and the source:
“New York transferred over $950 billion to the rest of America’s fiscal union from 1990 to 2009.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union
What does “paralyzed in amber” mean on the page 2 reference to Berlin? Anybody?
I should certainly HOPE so! Population of Scotland: 5mm. Population of England: 50mm.
No, that would be "gof." Without the "L."
I'm told the president is a fan.
Same thing the tinfoil hat crew in flyover country is talking about when the suggest that NY is doing the same.
Have either of you two goofballs ever actually tried haggis?
For starters, wikipedia never qualifies as a reliable primary resource.
So basically you’re trying to put forth a false narrative because you know that the Wikipedia ISN’T a reliable source.
Try again.
No, it's up to me to provide an irrefutable rationale, with supporting data from an irrefutable source, which I did.
As time goes on and the productive leave the vampire state that is bound to change.
I believe Charlie Scheen was “paralyzed in Amber” for a few years back in the late 90’s...
I could say that I heard that Obama is a felon – now YOU have to prove he isn’t.
You can begin your research here: www.britannica.com and I hear goggle is pretty good.
There, I provided the “irrefutable rationale” and a “irrefutable source” Now, off you go – and don’t come back until you proven the Dear Liar doesn’t belong in jail.
I gave you a Google scan of a US Census Bureau document. If that’s not good enough for you, stick it.
Thanks presidio9.
Best.
Post.
Ever.
The biggie is to get people understanding the principal reasons for California's positive balance of Federal payments v. tax receipts, having to do with high costs of living driving away retirees and more people earning high incomes paying higher marginal rates. If they whine for more after that, it's gamesmanship I'm not going to coddle any more.
Congrats - decided I had already used up my share some 24 years ago.
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