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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ntage_of_ GDP
UK is 16th in the world with taxes at 37% of GDP.
US is 36th with taxes at 27% of GDP.
I will say that 8% is a friggin deal for your National Insurance though. In the States we pay 7.65% (with our employers matching that) and that only covers social security and medicare. We get nothing in terms of health insurance now for that contribution.
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Medical care costs a lot less here in the EU than it does in the US. That's what happens when you don't have free enterprise sticking it's nose in the trough. You pay less to stay alive.