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Re:'We Are Being Levelled Down’: Why the UK’s Wealth Gap Is ... by auctoritas on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:20PM (#34570980)
The problem is mostly the welfare state. But the Leftists and their media cronies will never admit it, of course.

They drive the narrative. This continued decay is on them. They like to pretend the Truss debacle was something entirely of her own making which they merely observed and reported, but it was an engineered political takedown. The Tories of course are pathetic and spineless so they put up little resistance.

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Re:'We Are Being Levelled Down’: Why the UK’s Wealth Gap Is ... by mmarq on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:24PM (#34571028)
I’m fine with German taxation and the German welfare state, I’m also fine with a minimal state where I have to pay for healthcare.

What I don’t like is the current situation in the UK, where I pay more income tax than I would pay in Germany and I also have to pay for healthcare and childcare and education.

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