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Sad to see the crap brexit-generated misinformation spreading.

Direct and indirect contributions to EU coffers are minimal as % of state expenditure, particularly once you look at the outsized returns in the wider economy. When German banks lend money to Greece to buy their tanks, public debt exposition grows in theory but in practice German coffers win twice. That's why Northern European countries are the big winners of the Common Market. If you have an issue with how this dynamic allocates the resulting "loot", you should take it up with Northern European leaders who allow most of the returns to stay in the private sector.