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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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Well, things are actually better in the US then! Amazing.
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:39 PM
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Thing with the UK is you never know exactly what you are paying in taxes, it is all just lumped into the price that the dealer quotes you .... here on the other hand, you haggle with the dealer over the price and THEN they add the taxes on ..... so you really get to see how much money the government are taking out of the deal !!!
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:42 PM
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I feel for you, James. Sometimes we like to bitch a lot here in the states, but the truth is that we have it easy.
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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I honestly think you do Charlie ..... your car prices are lower, your gas prices are WAY lower and your house prices are lower ...... but on the down side there a millions of bloody Americans over there .....
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:50 PM
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Pants!
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:53 PM
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:58 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo
[B]I feel for you, James.
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:58 PM
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(thought you'd like that)

I love taking English lessons from a Hong Kong resident who lives in Tokyo and who trolls a web forum of mostly yanks.

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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:02 PM
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Originally posted by WestSideBilly


I'd think that if you looked at the US, the UK, and Japan, you'd find that the overall rate of taxation is about the same... just in vastly different forms.

That usually depends on what end of the financial scale you are on .....
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:03 PM
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Originally posted by Chazmo


I love taking English lessons from a Hong Kong resident who lives in Tokyo and who trolls a web forum of mostly yanks.



Never looked at it in that way before ....
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