Stop cheating the tax man with your shopping trips to America!

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the economists have been here before Mailman, and proved that the opposite is true - shopping in New York actually drives prices in the UK down, not up.

it's called Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage

humans are famous for not being able to understand it properly. Monkeys find it easy, as they only ever think about bananas.

Yes, that would be why sellers in the UK resist it, and manage to persuade the government that it's bad for business so they should stop it.

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I was pulling TonyE'S tit.

XLMonkey said "the economists have been here before Mailman, and proved that the opposite is true - shopping in New York actually drives prices in the UK down, not up.

it's called Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage

humans are famous for not being able to understand it properly. Monkeys find it easy, as they only ever think about bananas."

Quick someone tell el gordo's henchmen they should be monkeys!

I of course agree fully with you and the economists who can understand this simple concept. Where's me banana!

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