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Most of those are Government funded, and Government caused. Want a NHS dentist? Ok, the Government finds another way to tax you to fund that. Now the Governm

Most of those are Government funded, and Government caused. Want a NHS dentist? Ok, the Government finds another way to tax you to fund that. Now the Government taxes landlords on their rental income. Landlords exist the market en-masse. Rents go up, availability goes down. Want somewhere to rent? Oh dear, the Government just taxed those "greedy" landlords out of the market. Want "better" public transport? Let's introduce a top 50% rate on the most "mobile" and tax paying part of the electorate to fund that as well. Then they leave the UK or offshore their accounts etc., just like in the 70s. Maybe Australia will reintroduce the 10 Pound Poms again. Want shorter NHS waiting times? Let's bring in more doctors and nurses, which of course is more of a cost to the NHS. So the NHS needs even more funding, which comes from... more tax. Of course fewer people would reduce NHS waiting times, but apparently we're not allowed to say that. I honestly don't see taxation in the UK coming down for a generation at this rate. This country currently has an addiction to wanting the Government to pay for everything, whilst blaming it for everything, because it is involved in everything. Maybe Thatcher was right about the State being small.

gambiting 3y ago
I think it's because a lot of British people still live the dream of being a major superpower with strong and robust economy. In reality UK has decimated its manufacturing economy and relies almost entirely on being a service economy, skewed almost entirely towards London and other areas of the UK have been left to languish. People visiting places like Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Bristol and so on wonder how the hell is it possible that you're visiting what is ostensibly the 5th biggest economy in the world yet the infrastructure of nearly everything is crumbling, councils can't even afford to clean the streets, social programs are being shut left and right, police won't come unless there's an actual murder and so on and so on. My point is - a lot of people would say "but Germany can have a working public transport and functional police force and not tax its citizens to death". Like...yes, they can, but they have a functional economy which can support most of the country not just Berlin. If UK had a working local economy then councils would get funding from local businesses operating where they are - but right now most of the industry is gone or barely functional.
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gambiting 3y ago

I think it's because a lot of British people still live the dream of being a major superpower with strong and robust economy. In reality UK has decimated its manufacturing economy and relies almost entirely on being a service economy, skewed almost entirely towards London and other areas of the UK have been left to languish. People visiting places like Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Bristol and so on wonder how the hell is it possible that you're visiting what is ostensibly the 5th biggest economy in the world yet the infrastructure of nearly everything is crumbling, councils can't even afford to clean the streets, social programs are being shut left and right, police won't come unless there's an actual murder and so on and so on. My point is - a lot of people would say "but Germany can have a working public transport and functional police force and not tax its citizens to death". Like...yes, they can, but they have a functional economy which can support most of the country not just Berlin. If UK had a working local economy then councils would get funding from local businesses operating where they are - but right now most of the industry is gone or barely functional.

quattrofan 3y ago
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