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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 16:18:47 GMT
Well the EU Budget man seems to be waking up to realities... The Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger repeated figures which suggest the UK’s departure would leave an annual hole in the EU’s finances of €12-13bn. He said the gap would have to be closed with 50% spending cuts and 50% fresh money, much of which would have to come from the remaining member states. He suggested a Europe-wide tax on plastic products as a source of extra revenue.
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Post by Andyberg on Jan 8, 2018 16:50:25 GMT
Corbyn n his cronies could fill that gap easily using the same 'magic money tree' they use when rolling out their policies / future spending plans! 👍
Problem solved😉
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Post by Delta9 on Jan 8, 2018 17:03:23 GMT
Can someone please explain the maths? What part are you struggling with? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 17:07:05 GMT
[/i]Can someone please explain the maths? [/i][/quote] What part are you struggling with? [/quote] How much is 13 billion divided by 52 expressed in millions. |
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Post by Delta9 on Jan 8, 2018 17:13:59 GMT
How much is 13 billion divided by 52 expressed in millions. 250. Do you not have a calculator? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 17:17:26 GMT
How much is 13 billion divided by 52 expressed in millions. 250. Do you not have a calculator? Yes but I don't really understand billions/millions/trillions. Thank you. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 17:24:51 GMT
Corbyn n his cronies could fill that gap easily using the same 'magic money tree' they use when rolling out their policies / future spending plans! 👍 Problem solved😉 Well Teresa seems to be making a bit of a hash of the reshuffle... we live in interesting times... |
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Post by patty on Jan 8, 2018 18:13:43 GMT
250. Do you not have a calculator? Yes but I don't really understand billions/millions/trillions. Thank you. They are all just a series of ever increasing circles |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 8, 2018 18:19:16 GMT
What is a billion? When I was at school it was a million x a million. (A million is a thousand x a thousand). The Americans like to exaggerate and call something a billion when it's only 100 thousand million. It's like they give up and cheat when they're only a tenth of the way.
Still, they did decode the Enigma machine.
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Post by peterboat on Jan 8, 2018 19:00:44 GMT
What is a billion? When I was at school it was a million x a million. (A million is a thousand x a thousand). The Americans like to exaggerate and call something a billion when it's only 100 thousand million. It's like they give up and cheat when they're only a tenth of the way. Still, they did decode the Enigma machine. And here was me thinking we did it amazing  |
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Post by Delta9 on Jan 8, 2018 19:28:35 GMT
What is a billion? When I was at school it was a million x a million. (A million is a thousand x a thousand). The Americans like to exaggerate and call something a billion when it's only 100 thousand million. It's like they give up and cheat when they're only a tenth of the way. Still, they did decode the Enigma machine. We moved to the US version (1,000,000,000 = 1 billion) in 1975. Dennis Healey did it. |
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Post by bills on Jan 8, 2018 20:29:50 GMT
And of course our old billion is now a trillion...
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