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Originally posted by edison View PostTotally agree. I've met/worked with many people from those countries who do pay more in tax but get better public services and crucially, on many indices, have a better quality of life than people in the UK.
Not sure if there is an equivalent Social Democratic type party in Netherlands, Belgium and France but those countries seem to have broadly similar principles of higher taxes but much better services/quality of life too. Maybe Canada too, not sure?Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostOr rather all/most of the mainland European countries... Even countries like Portugal, Spain or Italy with their very inefficient public service has probably better quality of public services than the average you get in the UK!
stop whining on here and feck off.
HTH.Comment
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postthere you go, then.
stop whining on here and feck off.
HTH.
I'm not too worried as I have enough to not need to rely on public services, was just trying to think on other less fortunate people...
To be honest the tulipty weather worries me more and that not even all the money in the world can change"The boy who cried Sheep"Comment
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Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostThat's your solution for everything!?
I'm not too worried as I have enough to not need to rely on public services, was just trying to think on other less fortunate people...
To be honest the tulipty weather worries me more and that not even all the money in the world can change
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postnot everything, just whining feckers like you and your mates.
"The boy who cried Sheep"Comment
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Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostBy my mates you mean people that actually travel and have other term of comparison other than Hull or Middlesbrough to make their own opinions?Comment
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Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostOr rather all/most of the mainland European countries... Even countries like Portugal, Spain or Italy with their very inefficient public service has probably better quality of public services than the average you get in the UK!
There are various useful charts from the OECD website, I recommend having a browse.
https://data.oecd.org/chart/5FaW
Have a play yourself and add selective countries and averages to see just how low the UK is compared to selective fully developed EU countries and even countries around the world:
Tax - Tax revenue - OECD Data
As you can see from this graph, the UK is quite low on the scale and below the average spend; consider that many OECD countries are not fully developed (but are not developing like Brazil, Russia, India or China) it's clear the UK needs higher tax revenue in order to provide higher quality services. If we want better services then the paranoia about various slight tax increases on higher earners needs to be relaxed, as if you fancy being Lithuania economically then why not just go and live there instead?
People need to accept that having more tax in your own pocket will be removed anyway by increased private healthcare and services costs to the extent that you'll not be any better off and you won't get better treatment or services. See: USA.Last edited by rogerfederer; 7 November 2019, 11:04.Comment
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Originally posted by rogerfederer View PostThere are various useful charts from the OECD website, I recommend having a browse.
https://data.oecd.org/chart/5FaW
Have a play yourself and add selective countries and averages to see just how low the UK is compared to selective fully developed EU countries and even countries around the world:
Tax - Tax revenue - OECD Data
As you can see from this graph, the UK is quite low on the scale and below the average spend; consider that many OECD countries are not fully developed (but are not developing like Brazil, Russia, India or China) it's clear the UK needs higher tax revenue in order to provide higher quality services. If we want better services then the paranoia about various slight tax increases on higher earners needs to be relaxed, as if you fancy being Lithuania economically then why not just go and live there instead?
People need to accept that having more tax in your own pocket will be removed anyway by increased private healthcare and services costs to the extent that you'll not be any better off and you won't get better treatment or services. See: USA.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Tax == Massive waste + Bloated Public Sector
Lean and mean, zero taxes is about right.
Okay, 1% taxation would be acceptable.Comment
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