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Originally Posted by Si Coe
Too true that its not just RC's.
Once (when we had a car industry) it was possible to buy a Rover in Holland and import it back to the UK for less than it cost to buy the same car in Birmingham just yards from the factory - except of course that Rover would never supply the Dutch dealers with RHD cars......
I have to admit I still can't fathom how other countries manage to run their state with lower taxes, lower prices and no obvious drop in the level of service. OK, some places don't quite have a National Health Service, but the cost of health insurance is less than the reduction in taxes over the UK, so they are still quids in.
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The last bit's not correct, Si, and part of the continuing myth about our NHS. Healthcare costs for each of us are lowest in this country of almost any other country in the West. See this comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system
In the US, health care costs more than twice as much per person as it does here. Only if you are one of the 38% of people whose employer pays your medical cover does it come cheaper than in the UK, everyone else pays through insurance, etc.
Yes we pay for that through NI contributions, but if you have to buy health insurance you pay much more, sort of an indirect tax. HTH
