What is up with the UK economy!!!?

Question

I have just been to Canada.

How come everything in the UK is twice as expensive??! I swear my eyeballs almost fell out of my head. Everything I thought was cheap in UK is cheaper over there!

Why is this?

And is Australia better? I would like to emigrate when I am older.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Tax .. everything costs more because everything is Taxed more .. from Import Duties to VAT to Petrol Tax to local ('Council') Tax ..etc etc ..

Workers have to be paid double so our Government can collect double the Tax .. and Businesses have to charge double for all goods and services (so the Government can Tax all the businesses as well)

NB. According to 'Tax Freedom Day', Canadians actually pay HIGHER Tax than UK (although the difference 'only' about 3%) !!!

..  makes you wonder how they do the calculations ..

Answer 3

Well Gordon Brown seems to have made a pig's ear of things - more money goes to keeping inmates supplied with jigsaw puzzles than does on most things. And by the way - I think you'll find book prices in Canada are outrageous.

Yours angrily, Hawk

Answer 4

Basically, what is wrong with the UK economy is that while Gordon Brown was a good chancellor, is is a classic example of "The Peter Principle".

In short, the economy that he spent so many years building, he has managed to destroy in as many months.  

Answer 5

everything has to be imported, which doubles the prices.