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Originally Posted by lsmalley
no wonder there is so much government aid and socialized medicine over there.....the government is taxing the f$&@ out of any and everything
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Trying to put this into context for you => I understand that the English tax system is very much like the American in the way that about the same amount percentage wise is lifted from the tax payers - well in the North Eastern states anyway.
Percentage wise in Holland it seems as though the Dutch are getting a bad deal compared with the English - so you could transpose that to percentage wise the Dutch are having a bad deal compared with the US too...
...the thing is though I've found that in a country where the taxes do seem high you do get a lot back. Things just work a lot better, everything is cleaner and better looked after. Roads get built and repaired etc etc etc - you do live in a better place as a result of higher taxation.
Comparing English taxation with Dutch - I get the feeling of better value for money under the Dutch system. In England I often had the feeling what the ###*##*** are they doing with all of that money? And sure the Dutch are no way near perfect but you do see at a personal level that the government is doing something with your taxes.
In context of this thread =>
I don't really have too much of an issue with the cost of road tax here - I'm part of the system - but I do object to ignorant a-holes coming up with rules that I can't drive an old car in winter. That's just stupid, uninformed, ignorant, envious...