10. "RE: i find this interesting..." In response to In response to 9
> >>Folks who voted leave had some serious concerns about >>immigration, European bureaucracy, tariffs, etc. > > >austerity measures from the tories... > >i think the bulk of the vote leave thing was immigration (even >my friend said this and i was like but how? and you are an >immigrant?) >the correlation to the U.S is "they are taking our jobs" >basically blaming the results of austerity on the EU (in my >opinion) >also.. apparently the U.K could've restricted immigration, >no? >
Immigration was the headline grabber but my gut feeling (not based on any facts) is that people were just generally unhappy with the EU.
>EU bureaucracy- this i find interesting. i'd like to hear some >examples of this >so far i haven't heard anything that makes sense. >
People have never been happy about the European gravy train and also rules and laws set by unelected people that affect the UK.
>tariffs - i guess zero tariffs is the goal now? WTO rules are >brutal. >giving up all those trade agreements? >its why im on a wait-and-see what happens nov 1st. when the # >of FTAs will essentially be zero.
My mistake, I meant quotas, not tariffs. Fishing, farming, etc. quotas.