At what cost though?
I've heard a lot of people say similar but when questioned as to the implications of 'gaining' this greater democracy, they don't seem to be concerned with the wider impact.
As you are interested in costs have you stopped to consider the costs that the Euro experiment has imposed on the EU? Are you quite happy with all that? Or, don't care? The lost decade plus of growth and the millions of jobs destroyed? Have you ever started to consider those costs? They are right there immediately in front of your nose, but for some reason that does not mean anything to some.
Fundamentally, this is due to anti-democratic structures upon which the EU is built. Democracy disciplines the political class, and allows bad policy makers to be thrown out. Lets say the EU had EU-wide political parties: The one that imposed the Euro would have been thrown out of office ages ago. But none of that is possible, as the EU is not a democracy. And, you seem quite happy with this?
You seem keen to vote against more democracy, and side with an unelected and unaccountable system. That's a sad argument to put forward.
Can you give me a clear indication of the costs of remaining in the EU? You might well have no idea at all. By costs I don't just mean economic but democratic too. To reduce the EU down to economics is naive, as it's fundamentally about politics.
The economic cost of leaving the EU is likely to be short-term reduction to UK growth (but not a recession). The degree to which is unclear, because in the event of a vote to leave, UK policy makers will behave differently to how they are now.
There is no democratic costs to the UK of leaving the EU. There is nothing but gain: We gain in that leaving the EU will strengthen our democracy, and the people have greater control over our elected representatives.
History indicates that a stronger democracy is good for economic growth.
