On Monday 19 May 2008 10:54:28 am Braun Brelin wrote:
> This concept of a "United States of Europe"
> with a strong federal government is
> a perfect example of the "top down" philosophy of government. This form of
> government is inflexible and
> rife with the potential for abuse. I guarantee you that the first thing
> the EU parliament will start doing is passing laws
> to bring in "tax harmonization", which is a code phrase for "raising
> taxes". Forget about getting any of the
> sort of things that people on this list care about passed, such as banning
> software patents and other intellectual property
> concerns. The lobbyists for big corporations such as the Pharmas,
> Agri-Food, etc. will simply overwhelm the average
> citizens ability to petition for change.
While Ireland can take on the WTO and the pharmaceutical companies
single-handed, with help from the leprechauns?
And Martin Cullen can tell the US to stuff its patent laws?
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