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WAISer José Ignacio Soler commented that:  “Brexit has been decided by grandfathers and grandmothers, despite their grandchildren’s desires and expectations. In other words, the old generations have mortgaged for a short margin the future of the youngsters.” ^

^From: Brexit Vote by Age and Region (José Ignacio Soler, Venezuela, 06/24/16 8:25 am)

http://waisworld.org/go.jsp?id=02a4&objectType=post&o=105983&objectTypeId=82157&topicId=199

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My comment: It is the same in the U.S. except our children and grandchildren are in a worse situation. Their parents and grandparents do not have a say in mortgaging their future. Only the U.S. Congress makes the decision. Our children and grandchildren do not seem to know what is happening. 

U.S. National Debt as of 08 Oct. 2008 –  $10.2 TRILLION

U.S. National Debt as of 24 June 2016 – $19.3 TRILLION

 

June 27, 2016

Members of the House of Commons voted to hold the referendum by a margin of 6 to 1. Holding the referendum on Brexit was David Cameron’s campaign promise. Once again he kept his word.

In the U.S. it is quite different. The oil, gas and mineral-rich Philippines, a former U.S. territory, was abandoned in 1934 and 1946. This was done simply by not asking the Filipino people if we wanted to secede from the U.S. with the U.S. Congress simply leaving the matter to Filipino politicians.  There was no referendum in 1934 when the Philippine Commonwealth was created or in 1946 when the Philippines was granted independence by virtue of the Treaty of Manila. The U.S. Senate ratified the 1946 Treaty of Manila on Oct. 22, 1946.

See: Prime Minister David Cameron’s Commons statement on the European Union referendum vote. Monday June 27, 2016 9:45am 

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