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miroljubtoday at 2:19 PM3 repliesview on HN

> You're complaining that DE tax funds go to the EU? Very curious what you're talking about and your rational.

Germany is the biggest net contributor to the EU. The money comes from German taxpayers, who receive disproportionately little value in return.


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jorge-dtoday at 2:42 PM

This is wrong on so many levels. The German economy profits _a lot_ from the membership. You can't just look at the monetary in/out flows to/from EU accounts but to the system as a whole.

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pegasustoday at 3:31 PM

That sounds an awful lot like the Trump whining about being taking advantage of while bullying countries around the world to do his bidding.

cael450today at 3:36 PM

This is the same argument Trump is using to blow up America's position in NATO.