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The EU got its legal OK to cut funds. Now what?
Main Post: The EU got its legal OK to cut funds. Now what?
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While I agree that there must be punishment for those countries that break essential rules, I see some issues with only cutting funds. What about the richer nations? What happens when Germany starts to fuck up? Yes, a lot of businesses rely on EU funds but not politics. A government could play this out for quite some time.
Also, these states still have a political power in EU decision making and I don’t think they should have a say in the commission so long as they don’t go back to democratic ruling.
Europe To Cut Funds For Poland Over Unpaid Fine In EU First
Main Post: Europe To Cut Funds For Poland Over Unpaid Fine In EU First
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PiS can go eat a bag of (insert your choice of inedible noun here).
Keller-Sutter wants to cut AHV funds (German)
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The Federal Council is putting together an austerity package worth several billion francs. The Minister of Finance is also planning cuts of CHF 190 million in AHV financing.
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I mean despite the fact itself...
She must also be completely clueless when it comes to professional political communication.
What does she think happens, if she announces retirement funding cuts only days after announcing billions for the banks?
Are there no "parents" who are overseeing the "kids" who play "Bundesrat"?
World News
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AITA for cutting my son’s college fund because he refuses to visit me?
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I (38M) have three kids (18M,16M,13F), but one of them isn’t biological mine (16M), I found out about this 3 years ago, it was a messy situation so I ended up divorcing my wife and leaving, I moved to another city because I needed time to heal.
I wasn’t physically involved in my kid’s life for two years but I called them every day and talked to them, I also paid child support for the three of them, here is where I know I did a terrible thing and maybe that’s why Alexander is mad at me and doesn’t want to see me, When I called my kids, I only called Sophia and Raphael (13F, 18M) because I felt uncomfortable talking to Alexander, one day he was angry and grabbed the phone crying and said: “Don’t you love me, dad, why are they more important to you?”
I politely replied and said “Honey, look I love you but I need some time to heal, I’m still your father and I’ll be back soon” (He knows I’m not his biological father)
I talked to him thru messages because I didn’t feel completely comfortable doing a facetime, I moved back to my city last year with my new partner to settle down, and my kids (13F and 18M) came to visit me immediately but Alexander didn’t come so I went to his mom to see what was going on and I talked to him and also apologised for treating him that way but refused to come to my house and said that he only wanted to hang out with me and we did that.
When he found out my wife (he refused to come to my wedding) was pregnant he told me not to visit him again, then I found that his mom was seeing Alexander’s biological father so I thought that my son wanted a relationship with his bio dad instead so even if it hurts I respected his wishes until I found out that he rejects this guy, Raphael says that one day this guy was trying to spend time with him but Alexander said: “Look dude, no hard feelings but don’t try to force a fatherly role on me because you are not my dad and I already have one” So I decided to invite him again to live with me because my other two kids live with me 80% the time and he is the only one who refuses.
My daughter was born 6 days ago and he hasn’t come to see his half-sister so I called him and said that if he doesn’t come to see me I’ll be cutting his college fund, he told me to f*ck off and then hung up.
My mom says I’m being an AH for threatening him that way.
AITA? Seriously I don’t see the point of paying a college fund for a child that doesn’t even want to see me.
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Intel to Cut Thousands of Jobs to Reduce Costs, Fund Rebound
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- CEO Gelsinger embarks on ambitious effort to regain share
- Chipmaker is spending on research, development and new plants
Intel Corp. plans to eliminate thousands of jobs to reduce costs and fund an ambitious effort to rebound from an earnings slump and market share losses.
The workforce reduction may be announced as early as this week, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Intel, which is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings Thursday, has about 110,000 employees, excluding workers at units that are being spun out.
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Yes, reducing your workforce shows your investment in the company
Malaysia, China to Discuss ‘Asian Fund’ to Cut US Dollar Dependency
Main Post: Malaysia, China to Discuss ‘Asian Fund’ to Cut US Dollar Dependency
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Lmao, this is a nothingburger, seriously. China does not even let you freely convert to their currency.
'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure': Experts say a national fire service could help battle wildfires
Main Post: 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure': Experts say a national fire service could help battle wildfires
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Doug Ford cut Ontario’s forest fire fighting budget by nearly 70% in 2019.
Not saying the feds can’t help but this seems very similar to how he’s treating our healthcare system and then putting his hands out for daddy Trudeau to pay for his failures.
The federal government isn’t going to be our saviour. The provinces have to do their part, and decimating their budgets and saying “oh well I guess the feds have to do it” isn’t going to cut it.