I never said 'snapshots are not indicative of anything' even though that's wrong in itself. I was refuting your insinuation that the EU27 was bigger than the UK's. It's not. In percentage terms, the UK's is quadruple the size as of 2018.
But none of us pay enough, our social infrastructure is falling down and it's the reason behind most of the problems today.
The problem is that people view tax as an obligation when they should view it as a privilege, I'm delighted I earn enough to contribute and the higher my tax bill is the better I feel. It's a privilege to be able to pay it, I've been on the other side and it's shit.
Ah, but it's not irrelevant seen through the lens of closer integration.Oh yes you absolutely did - when you talked about growth versus tax rates and drew conclusions on a snapshot. It's very, very silly.
And once again, deficits are skewed by the likes of Germany, and a total deficit/surplus for a collection of countries is supremely irrelevant to anything in itself, and a question of trends for the individual nations. This is basic stuff.
Ah, but it's not irrelevant seen through the lens of closer integration.
No, it's not, which is why @gordondaviesmoustache discussed levying spending rather than income. Tough to do, but with the right credit system it could be done.Unfortunately, it is not a question of everyone paying more and it will all get better. Tax is a trade off, take too much and you suppress economic activity and make everyone poorer. Good on you for choosing to pay more, but that isn't an economic plan.
Piss off you prick, my mother is a public servant and she works her socks off for fuck all.
It's a different problem, but the World becomes a smaller place every day.Correct. If you had a single Treasury and fiscal transfers it would be all you required. Which is rather then problem.
No, it's not, which is why @gordondaviesmoustache discussed levying spending rather than income. Tough to do, but with the right credit system it could be done.
She works for the Irish revenue. I deal with them on a daily basis professionally as well.I am sure she does, but in my experience (based on 1st hand knowledge) the public sector is a shit show run by clowns for a circus.
Only in sectors like health where you get people working for others, rather than themselves, do you get anything different. In that regard it flips the other way (i imagine your mum is a nurse or something?), but it is still proof that the public sector can't run a piss up in a brewery.
It's a different problem, but the World becomes a smaller place every day.