Reply to: I've got that ....

[expat]

Except France is such a basket case we couldn't get jobs there, so it's irrelevant.

Well, I could. But that's irrelevant to the question of which country has better "value" for the compulsory payments. As someone looking for a dentist in Bedfordshire that will take on a new patient (weekend appointments only, I'm away all week), I sometimes miss France and some of the things they do right.

[Lucy]

Mrs T supporting Tony Blair? I missed that.

Wouldn't be surprised if she did, he's not changed much of what she implemented...

[hyperD]

Oh do **** off you pompus dick.

Ah yes, the last bastion of the bitter and cranially challenged when facts interfere with ideology: childlike insults.

[Lucy]

That is true.
- Social contributions are 10% (+ 5.5% medical) compared to 12.8% + 11% up to 645/wk * 1% above.
- The top tax rate is 40% but that's only on income over €65,559 (it was 48% until recently but you wouldn't pay that rate on much of your income).
- You can get a doctor, dentist, hospital bed etc any time you need it. They work evenings and weekends and the doctor will come to your house if you need it. You won't get turned down for budgetary reasons, or be lilely to get MRSA.



(comparisons include employers's contributions, which is only right since they are not paid by the tooth fairy: independent contractors will normally pay them themselves in both countries)

Except France is such a basket case we couldn't get jobs there, so it's irrelevant.

[DodgyAgent]

Anyway, when on this thread did I bring up thatcher, other than for the varicose veins reference?

That is all you need.

Anyway I agree with you with regards to Pinochet.

[Buffoon]

Well only this week she came out in support of someone who oversaw the disappearance of thousands, if not more, of innocent people.

Mrs T supporting Tony Blair? I missed that.

[expat]

I believe relative take home vs services is better in France and direct comparisons with basic rates of tax is simply pandering to the spin from the lying, deceiving liebour slugs that should be covered in salt (sorry Xoggoth).

That is true.
- Social contributions are 10% (+ 5.5% medical) compared to 12.8% + 11% up to 645/wk * 1% above.
- The top tax rate is 40% but that's only on income over €65,559 (it was 48% until recently but you wouldn't pay that rate on much of your income).
- You can get a doctor, dentist, hospital bed etc any time you need it. They work evenings and weekends and the doctor will come to your house if you need it. You won't get turned down for budgetary reasons, or be lilely to get MRSA.



(comparisons include employers's contributions, which is only right since they are not paid by the tooth fairy: independent contractors will normally pay them themselves in both countries)

[benn0]

Benn0, you have not made one logical argument against Thatcher, so pomp and ridicule are what your bigotry and ignorance deserve.

Well only this week she came out in support of someone who oversaw the disappearance of thousands, if not more, of innocent people.

Anyway, when on this thread did I bring up thatcher, other than for the varicose veins reference?

[DodgyAgent]

Benn0, you have not made one logical argument against Thatcher, so pomp and ridicule are what your bigotry and ignorance deserve.

[Buffoon]

Have you offed many vampires lately, Buffy, old chap?

I can think of someone else on this thread that could do with slaying.

[benn0]

For a man whose raison d'etre is to celebrate the inevitable death of Thatcher, it's hardly surprising that you wish to project your cancer-consuming bitterness of two decades to a reply that simply tries to make aware that it's difficult to compare basic rates of tax between countries and deduce that this is the de facto of quality of life.

It is still amusing that your distain for anything that rocks your guilt-ridden, beloved house of Marxist card’s ideology prompts you to feverishly type your misplaced one-liner digs at Thatcher at any non-existent inference.

Welcome to the 21st century where the majority have moved on.

Did you know prolonged hatred has been known to cause terminal illnesses?

Oh do **** off you pompus dick.

[Buffoon]

Happy Birthday Buffy

Many thanks. I refer the gentleman to the answer I gave a moment ago.

When I find out what is wrong with this simulation I’ll restart it.

[hyperD]

Of course you believe it. That's because your head is up the arse of whoever is 'in charge' of the conservatives at any one time.

For a man whose raison d'etre is to celebrate the inevitable death of Thatcher, it's hardly surprising that you wish to project your cancer-consuming bitterness of two decades to a reply that simply tries to make aware that it's difficult to compare basic rates of tax between countries and deduce that this is the de facto of quality of life.

It is still amusing that your distain for anything that rocks your guilt-ridden, beloved house of Marxist card’s ideology prompts you to feverishly type your misplaced one-liner digs at Thatcher at any non-existent inference.

Welcome to the 21st century where the majority have moved on.

Did you know prolonged hatred has been known to cause terminal illnesses?

[DodgyAgent]

Bollocks. - this board is bluer than maggies varicose veins and you know it.

It may be but it does not mean that we are paid up fans of the conservative party. Stop trying to turn a debate into a NL vs Tory argument, try instead to argue the point. (and I will stop referring to you as an NL spin doctor)

[The Lone Gunman]

Happy Birthday Buffy