One has to wonder why Europe, over 100 million people strong, would pay all those trillions of Euros, simply to have a larger layer of bureaucracy lording it over them. And BELGIUM spending all those trillions? What a concept.
Not to nitpick, but they've got, like, three times that.
would pay all those trillions of Euros, simply to have a larger layer of bureaucracy lording it over them.
Because they're socialists. Socialism requires bureaucracy. Also, Germany is in the EU. And Germans love bureaucracy.
And BELGIUM spending all those trillions? What a concept.
Remember the Maginot Line? Everyone always makes fun of France for that.
French Guy: "Haw haw haw! We have feeneeshed ze Maginot Line! Ze Germans weel nevere get past eet! Oh, no! Ze Germans are goeeng a-round ze Maginot Line, through Beligium, pre-cisely like zey deed last time! Quickly, surrendere!"
Thing was, the Maginot line was supposed to extend all the way to the North Sea. The reason why Germany was able to go around it was because Belgium is a bunch of slackers and didn't finish their part of the Maginot line. They were too busy making waffles or something.
So yeah, I'd trust France with national defense before I'd trust Belgium with anything.
Another that hasn´t been corrected is, that it´s not BELGIUM spending the EU budget (though you always read Brussels). The EU bodies spend the money, and the European Commission (sort-of EU "government" in a combination with the European Council) is located in Brussels.