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Originally Posted by Cyfr
How much do you pay in income tax alone per month? The average UK salary is 22k which is around £400 a month tax. The cost of insurance for a 29 year old non-smoker is £158 from that link.
Now average US salary is 18k which would mean they pay £225 in income tax a month. So £225 + £158 = £383
Not much difference really? Except we have to pay National Insurance, VAT (17.5% opposed to the 0% in US) and all the stealth taxes Labour like to crank up.
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I think you are missing the point that the NHS is free at the point of use. There are many people in this country (of all ages), who would not be able to afford medical insurance, even if taxes were much lower, because of any medical conditions they have. Maybe, if you suffered from a chronic (and incurable) medical condition, you might have a different idea on the matter.
But how could I expect a Tory to even begin to understand that we all have a moral duty to protect the most vunerable in how society. I stand by my assertion that Torys are only interested in themselves.
If employers wanted people to have paid holidays - why have we had to enact legislation to increase holiday pay to include payment for bank holidays. My son in law, has to take bank holidays off (but was not allowed to use any of his 20 days holiday entitlement for these days), but it was not until Oct 2007 that he began to be paid for some of them. How would you like to have to provide for your family, when you only have 4 pays pay rather than 5.
I would be interested in how you feel in several year's time when you are in the 'real' world. Maybe you will have a different view by then, when you are out in the 'grown up' world.