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I wouldn't say "high" taxes. People like to say we've got European taxes and American services, but the UK tax burden is significantly lower than places like France, Sweden, and Germany. It's harder to compare services cos I've not lived anywhere else long enough to require public services.

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I agree generally, though it's not simple to compare countries.

It's easier to compare UK history. It seems clear that we're paying more tax for significantly worse services compared to a decade ago.

Fun fact: if you disaggregate London GDP from the UK GDP, the rest of the UK is as poor as the state of Mississippi.

To be fair so does France. Worse, actually. If you melon-scoop the most productive 15% of the population out of any country the productivity of the rest goes down quite a bit.

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