On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:59:38 +0100, Jonathan Bryce jonathan@localhost
wrote:

|beav wrote:
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| On 11 Jul 2006 09:12:46 -0700, " wrote:
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|VAT only on retail sales at 17.5%.
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| GASP that's a STEEP sales tax... do you pay income tax also?
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|Yes, and National Insurance, which is another type of income tax.
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| what about a regional/provisional sales or income taxes?
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|No.
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|Health care costs are a lot cheaper than in America though.

Free at the point of need.
Good old NHS :-)
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