> > Greece wants for example 500m to build 14 unnecessary new airports. > Germans win the contract to build airports. Greeks realise there was no > point in the airports and they aren't generating the cash to repay and sell to > Fraport the german airport operator at a knockdown price say 150m. > > Net result Greeks now have 14 german run airports and 350m to repay for > the pleasure. They germans have 500m of EU cash and 14 airport that they > will run at a profit because they bought them cheap and can use economies > of scale to cut costs. >
unneccesary? how else would all the German's fly to the islands for their holidays? The airports will probably be run efficiently and employ local people at reasonable rates with all the enshrined EU workers benefits. it's not like the German's can pack the airports up and move them to Sudetenland is it. It's the same with our car industry, There aren't any significant British owned car companies, but we make almost as many cars as we ever has and export more! thanks to the Germans and Indians investing in us, they've received lots of British government money as well. I don't deny that the Germans have done well out of the EU, but I honestly believe that isn't their guiding principle, they certainly didn't allow Greece in just to get a few airports, but to increase trade and as they are a brilliant trading nation they have done well. But Greece also benefited from increased tourism and inward investment. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
