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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by gadders on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @05:59AM (#38938875)
>> Low taxation

Er, no. The UK currently has the highest tax burden for 70 years.

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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by bigfudge on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @06:57AM (#38939026)
This is true, but we still tax/spend less than many European competitors. The reason tax is historically high (for the UK) is that we've had no growth and our population is getting older.
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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by gadders on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @09:01AM (#38939144)
And we have 5 million people on out of work benefits and probably are providing services that we shouldn't.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/yes-five-million-are-on-...

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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by bigfudge on Monday January 15, 2024 @06:37AM (#38999692)
One large driver of out of work benefits are NHS waiting lists: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotin...
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