A Brexit and the Collapse of the EU Is all but Certain NowBy Joshua Krause When it was first announced earlier this year that British citizens would have the opportunity to vote to leave the EU on June 26th, it seemed like a long shot. But with increasing concerns over unfettered immigration from Muslim countries, a situation that has been enabled by the EU, polls are leaning more towards a Brexit than they ever have before. In fact, for the very first time, pretty much every poll shows that more people want to leave the EU than stay. According to the YouGov poll for The Times, Leave held 46 percent support compared with 39 percent support for Remain. Undecided voters were 11 percent, while 4 percent wont vote. Last Monday The Times/YouGov had reported a 1 percent lead for the Remain campaign Other polls published on Monday also put Leave ahead, while betting odds on Brexit narrowed. An ORB poll for The Daily Telegraph put support for Leave at 49 percent, compared with Remains 48 percent, while two ICM polls, one online and one conducted by telephone, found Out held 53 percent support compared with 47 percent support for In, the Guardian newspaper, which sponsored the telephone poll said. That compared with a 52-48 percent split in favor of Out in ICM polls two weeks ago, the Guardian said. Those polls excluded respondents who answered dont know. Unless something drastic reverses this trend, Britain will be on its way out of the EU, and theyll be the first country to do so. And that could have some pretty serious consequences for the global economy. For starters, a Brexit could be the first domino to knock down the entire EU system. While Britain makes a fairly small economic contribution to the EU compared to other countries, they have paid more in EU membership fees than they have gotten back, almost every single year since they first joined. Britain would be a financial loss for the EU, which is something that the EU cant afford considering that theyre walking on economic thin ice at all times. At first a Brexit wouldnt mean much for the EU, but after a while it would be catastrophic. Initially it will hurt Britains economy, which will have to adjust to the change. Already investors are pulling out the pound, since they expect the Brexit to hurt the economy. But since Britain would no longer be tethered to the EUs absurd and onerous regulations, their economy would eventually soar. And that will be the death of the EU. Once their member states realize that theyre now responsible for more of the EUs debt, and once they realize that countries that leave the Eurozone are more successful, there will be a race for the exits. The next country that decides to leave (most likely a country thats also paying more into the system than theyre getting back) will also become successful, and leave behind more debt for the EU to carry. And so it will go until the only nations that remain are the ones that are total basket cases. The union will totally crumble at that point, since those nations wont be able to sustain the system. As far as the global economy is concerned, this will be a major blow, but one that is necessary. The EU is a significant drag on the global economy, but when it goes a lot of wealth is going to evaporate. If anything, an EU collapse could be the catalyst for the next global economic crisis. Just like the last global economic downturn, silver prices and gold prices will likely soar, but other than that, an EU collapse is going to hurt every other aspect of the global economy. It will take years to recover from the collapse of the most economically prosperous nations on the planet, but the renaissance that is sure to follow the death of tyrannical Eurozone, will make it all worth it. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. The end of NATO, a post WWII artifact promoted as a deterrent to Soviet Russia who was our ally in WWII and the Communist component of that government hasnt existed for over a quarter of a century now. The main reason Obama flew off to Britain and twisted the arm of the prime minister to cancel any Brexit plans. NATOs end would once and for all end our ability to meddled in the affairs of various Eastern European Countries ! Given the current state of our economy, I have no doubt that we could find far more productive domestic projects to spend this money on as we actively reduce the threat of future foreign wars of aggression ! There are few factual errors in this piece. The vote is actually on 23rd June not 26th as stated. The polls have been wildly swinging for the past 2 3 months. There is no obvious trend. It seems almost impossible to call but most betting sites have a remain vote as a clear favourite. Moreover even if the vote is to leave, the government still have do it will they? The argument that Britain leaving will result in a crash and collapse of the EU is naive at best. 