Britain is still a low-taxed country in relation to most of Europe.
Sorry, wrong.
The government’s share of the entire economy is now above the European and EU averages.
The reason we still have shitty services is because the services are run and provided in a shitty manner.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Georges // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:21 am
Above the OECD average as well:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/538248761026
2 Ian Bennett // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:25 am
“The reason we still have shitty services is because the services are run and provided in a shitty manner.”
On top of which, most of the money that they take from us goes on non-services, stuff that we really wouldn’t need even if they were to be run and provided in an excellent manner.
3 JuliaM // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:29 am
Indeed. Most quangos meet this requirement.
In fact, I can’t think of one that IS needed, in that sense…
4 john b // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:09 am
Ironically, Georges’ chart demonstrates that – while we are indeed higher taxed than the Mexicans or the Turks – we’re one of the lower-taxed major countries (=OECD members) in Europe. 13 European countries pay more tax than us; 7 pay less…
5 Georges // Jun 30, 2009 at 5:27 pm
But john b, those figures are from 2007 ….. a million tax years ago. Also does not include all European/EU countries.
6 AntiCitizenOne // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Are we including the deferred taxation of government debt?
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