Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Never mind the salaries the pension liability is my concern ,which goes way beyond salary earnings

It was one of the very first discussion points placed on the table in front of the UK , not Trade, not the Irish Border,Free movement, nope what will the UK contribute as part of their CONTINUED pension liability .

I just can't imagine ,certain political minded folk accepting this , if it was a fat cat banker ,rich old Tory , some old rich capitalist ( and rightly so )

We should be even handed with all excessive spends ,especially when its tax payers money ,funding them .

My battle bus would have shown the incredible liability of wages , buildings , pensions to the ordinary tax payers in Europe :
32 thousand people plus expenses ( I bet not many on minimum wage)
EU's total pension liabilities are £35.8 billion
€1.756 billion euros per year running costs .

Now there's a real socialist battle ground argument to be had , and one I'd enjoy AND SUPPORT ???
Are you annoyed about our cut or the absolute level?

If it is the former then surely this is just a sum and part of the negotiation and if it is the latter then you should have raised it years ago...

Did you think it would be cheap to run a supranational organisation that does our bidding around the world???