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[jim_uk]

To be fair we do have high taxes, but we also have well tarmacked roads, a public health care system which, although bloated, is recognised as one of if not the best healthcare systems in the world, a sewage system that lets us put toilet roll down the toilet, a power grid that lets us plug in pretty much any and all of our devices in to our homes, and have them running without blowing the fuse box and the list does go on quite a bit. So yes, high taxes, but the old saying of "the grass is always greener on the other side" runs true with us brits; we don't know how good we've got it until we go and live elsewhere for a while.

I couldn't drive my car in the US, for instance, without having to replace the suspension and wheels once a year. At least not in the states I've driven in before.

hehe i must say the well tarmacked roads gave me a chuckle.......5 minutes ago on sky news....."will take 11-20 years to fill all the potholes"

They're slowing filling them with speed humps around here.

[Mx-T]

I kind of want to support this site, but I really don't feel like donating to the British Government, mainly because it isn't mine. There's no other way, is there?

[Korodic]

I kind of want to support this site, but I really don't feel like donating to the British Government, mainly because it isn't mine. There's no other way, is there?

So you hate the british government so much you don't wanna get any kind of premium/supporter on here? lol I say the same thing about buying anything in america because everything is made in china XD

[Mx-T]

So you hate the british government so much you don't wanna get any kind of premium/supporter on here? lol I say the same thing about buying anything in america because everything is made in china XD

Hate's such a strong word. It's more like casual disinterest. And once I'm done with my apprenticeship, I'll probably say "Screw the taxes, here ya go". It's just that I feel like helping now instead of in 6 months, and you aren't exactly well-paid as an apprentice (at least where I'm from).

[Fatalmasterpiece]

You get paid? 0.o

[Mx-T]

You get paid? 0.o

Well, um, yeah. Enough to eat, anyway. Can't have the slave workforce starve away now, can we?

[wrinklyninja]

You get paid? 0.o

Well, um, yeah. Enough to eat, anyway. Can't have the slave workforce starve away now, can we?

Yeah you can. You just call them interns.

Edited by wrinklyninja, 26 March 2012 - 04:08 PM.