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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (62245)1/26/2001 8:17:58 PM
From: Moominoid  Respond to of 436258
 
The EU Federal budget is like 1% of EU GDP... But yes ag subsidies are huge. I wrote one of my undergrad theses on that.... the other was on Turkish inflation stabilization policy....



To: KeepItSimple who wrote (62245)1/29/2001 9:49:08 AM
From: pater tenebrarum  Respond to of 436258
 
you have to keep in mind though that the EU's budget is only 2% of the national budgets of the states making up the EU. so this isn't as bad as it looks.
nevertheless, the bureaucratic maw in Brussels is like a black hole of sorts...money that falls into it disappears forever. and instead of x-rays it emits regulations...