Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
Sweden is very different to the UK. For a start only 10 m people, a much smaller economy. They spend very little on police and military, most of the tax collected goes on social security, health and education. Their centre left politics ensure that social benefits etc are good but the price they pay is a tax rate of 50-60%....not just the rich...but the many.
I don't thin k that would go down well in UK, do you?
and 20 quid a pint