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Janet Baraclough wrote:
Oh no Frank, you're soooo wrong :-)

VAT is only 17.5 %. On almost every item AND service we buy. That's on
top of income tax, local tax, compulsory "National Insurance", and
taxes on fuel, property sales, inheritance, capital gains, etc etc etc..

How much per month do you pay for health care? Do you get health care
if you arent
working? Ingrid

Nothing, and yes. The whole UK has free health care provided by the
state for everyone, funded by the tax system.


I live in NZ, which also has "socialised" medical care,
"funded by the tax system."

But it certainly doesn't feel "free" when I am writing
out those large cheques to Inland Revenue and ACC.


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