tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894266799978443750.post5485110124221905942..comments2024-02-13T03:43:37.493-08:00Comments on Jim Greenhalf: It Was 40 Years Ago Today...Jim Greenhalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349505979909950809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894266799978443750.post-72574994925417303272022-05-02T21:41:56.688-07:002022-05-02T21:41:56.688-07:00Hello matee nice blogHello matee nice blogLeonard Gateshttps://www.leonardgates.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894266799978443750.post-71686225442075217652019-07-29T22:58:23.620-07:002019-07-29T22:58:23.620-07:00"For a long time I was one of those who went ..."For a long time I was one of those who went along with the notion that the Common Market was 'a good thing' "<br /><br />No you weren't. You bitched about it then, too.Jesmonda Peachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894266799978443750.post-84922257702499452722013-01-03T19:08:28.704-08:002013-01-03T19:08:28.704-08:00Working in the animal feed trade, the transition t...Working in the animal feed trade, the transition to the EEC was radical. We moved from an essentially free trade system to the siege economy of the Common Agricultural Policy. With its millimetric regulations. We were cut off from our traditional and unsubsidised supplier of milk powder, New Zealand. EEC milk powder was two or three times more expensive but we got a subsidy which offset some of the cost when we made it into animal feed - and a new breed of intrusive officialdom to police the process. The same thing happened with wheat,<br /><br />It took me thirty years to find out where this lunatic policy originated - in the agricultural policy of Nazi Germany. The EEC's biggest budget item by far was directed in considerable detail. By the dead hand of Reichsminister Walther Funk. I translated the main paper outlining the system. It is available on<br />www.freenations.freeuk.com under the title<br />"The EU's Evil Pedigree"Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.com