Jo Cox MP

[Belsnickel]

(06-22-2016, 02:27 PM)Millhouse Wrote: That would probably be how I would vote too. One thing the U.S. has always prided itself on was our own sovereignty, and I always thought of the U.K. being very similar to us in that regard. An equivalent of the EU over here would be an union of Canada, Mexico, U.S., Columbia, and Cuba for example. I couldn't imagine in a million years that Americans would like to see their tax dollars go to that union that had a council of some kind deciding on trade, immigration, bailout, etc sort of issues that overrode our own interests. Maybe I am looking at it wrong, but isnt that what the EU basically is in regards to the U.K? 

Yes and no. As someone from the UK put it on NPR this morning, sovereignty isn't like virginity where you either have it or you don't. There are degrees to it. The UK has significantly more sovereignty than any other EU country. They are a major power that has a huge role in shaping policies, and EU laws and policies are voted on by directly elected representatives. The very fact the UK can have this referendum shows a level of sovereignty.

So a lot of the stuff flying around is quite hyperbolic, really. The biggest fact is there should be a vote on this. In my opinion, every member state should have a vote on this, maybe every ten years. It allows the people to keep the decision current.