I shocked @tomough with this statistic about the UK
The mean average GDP per employed adult in the UK is about $107,000 which is about £85k
That means that without the government taking away your money in the form of taxes and duties, the average brit would be on $107k (£85k).
A couple with average jobs would have $214k. A couple with above average jobs might have $400k/yr. This is totally normal in America
As it currently stands, the average post-tax take is £27k.
The government is stealing about 67% of the value of your labor.
The mean average GDP per employed adult in the UK is about $107,000 which is about £85k
That means that without the government taking away your money in the form of taxes and duties, the average brit would be on $107k (£85k).
A couple with average jobs would have $214k. A couple with above average jobs might have $400k/yr. This is totally normal in America
As it currently stands, the average post-tax take is £27k.
The government is stealing about 67% of the value of your labor.
Edit: some people have pointed out that a portion of that $107k should go to capital depreciation. But I don't think it's much because the UK mostly doesn't have capital intensive industry. All the steel works and coal mines are closed. It's just people sitting in offices.
Where is all that money going?
It's going to pay for your replacements. Illegal immigrants in luxury hotels. £30k/week - £1.5M/yr - for juvenile delinquent care homes. Hundreds of billions of pounds for permanently unemployed people and pensioners. Free NHS appointments for basically any foreigner who shows up. An army of DEI staff. Salaries for the woke BBC to feed you propaganda.
It's going to pay for your replacements. Illegal immigrants in luxury hotels. £30k/week - £1.5M/yr - for juvenile delinquent care homes. Hundreds of billions of pounds for permanently unemployed people and pensioners. Free NHS appointments for basically any foreigner who shows up. An army of DEI staff. Salaries for the woke BBC to feed you propaganda.
The British state is almost a perfect parasite. It provides almost no positive value. It doesn't defend the country or fight crime.
All it does is steal 2/3rd of your income and give it out to your enemies and various assorted freeloaders.
All it does is steal 2/3rd of your income and give it out to your enemies and various assorted freeloaders.
I should also add that there's still a solid 15-20% of this that's a bit hard for me to account for. Government spending is about 45% of GDP, capital depreciation is about 5% but that doesn't get us to 67%.
Imagine if the British state was pared down to a more reasonable 7.5% of GDP, and people had something like double or triple their current salaries, along with a bonfire of Nimbyism to allow new housing, infra, parks and offices to be built. I bet the fertility rate would go up and we wouldn't need mass immigration. Then social trust would increase again...
What we need is a Department of Government Efficiency (UK Edition) to slash the size of the state down to a reasonable level and allow people to build.
What we need is a Department of Government Efficiency (UK Edition) to slash the size of the state down to a reasonable level and allow people to build.
Anyway, maybe someone can go dig into the national accounts and find that missing 15%:
ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd…
ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd…
Edit: It seems that the missing 15% is property rent, both commercial and private, real and imputed.
So 45% of your money goes to government communism and 15% goes to rents. You get to keep 33%.
The remainder is capital depreciation and profits for companies.
So 45% of your money goes to government communism and 15% goes to rents. You get to keep 33%.
The remainder is capital depreciation and profits for companies.
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