The answer is they do, but it's kind of illusory because most uk citizens in the EU are self funded retirees. They do not impact the job market and are a net gain to the host country, spending their pensions and so on.
In terms of the Greek debate. I get that they ran out of money, but they couldn't devalue and grow their way out because of the euro. The EU ignored their breaches of Eurozone fiscal policy because they were buying German goods on tick. Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Jun 2016, at 19:44, Peter Castlehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see your point on nearly everything you stated here Naefy, but take > exception to this one... > > <snip> > Hundreds of thousands of Uk residents live in Europe, often retirees, with > the attached pressure on the host countries health systems. > (/snip> > > Question: Is it really the case in other EU countries that these retirees > enjoy the luxury of free healthcare? I doubt that very much, but I am > completely ignorant of the state of play as far as that is concerned. > Australia does NOT provide free healthcare for foreign visitors, much the > same as USA, but with less debilitating rules or jail time for defaulters :) > > Pete > original post deleted for bandwidth conservancy because I think that as a > result I am saving a frog that lives in a tree - and everybody wants to save > a tree, right? > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
