Insensitive comments about our climate and high taxation should be ignored when you have just suffered the worst typhoon in 40 years and the salary for nurses in the Philippines is so low in comparison.
Yeah we only pay about 70% tax on petrol for starters, 17.5% VAT (I think the world average is 5%)........and the weather.....we have hurricanes in the UK we just don't call them that, the only reason we have less devastation is that we get warnings, have better buildings, and don't suffer large landslides which is the biggest Phil killer.
Originally Posted by jackson.alan46
Yeah we only pay about 70% tax on petrol for starters, 17.5% VAT (I think the world average is 5%)........and the weather.....we have hurricanes in the UK we just don't call them that, the only reason we have less devastation is that we get warnings, have better buildings, and don't suffer large landslides which is the biggest Phil killer.
