Aye, but you'll eat those words when the North Koreans are parachuting into Glasgow.
Although the first thing they'll say is "fuck me, this is worse than Pyongyang".
Oh I grew up in a German city where Scottish soldiers were stationed. They'd eat the north Koreans, not their words. I've seen with my own eyes one drunken Scot against 8 British hard-as-nails MP (military police) plus some German police, he was bleeding, but he was winning.
IIRC, he also said "cunt" in the subsequent interview on BBC news, but his accent was so thick they didn't catch it to censor it.
Edgy take. Which is a shame, because the rest of the Western world is overreliant on the US military.
Everyone hates on The United States military, you know, until they are getting their asses kicked. I think the USA should only lend military support to those countries willing to pay for it.
Lol nobody fucks with Stu, not even america
Scotland also pays more taxes. 20% for middle income, 40%+ for higher income (£46k+) If you make approximately the same (40k) in the US it’s 10% to 10k then 22% to 40k. However - the us tax rate doesn’t go up again until 95k, and then it’s only 24% for income above that, (more brackets follow, but…) and never even makes it above 37% earning above a half million a year.
Americans pay way less in income tax overall.
Edit: and get way less services for it, plus get fucked when it comes to medical costs, education costs, etc.
Not sure if I came across sounding like I support getting screwed by supporting Big Pharma’s profits and shareholders or something.
And? The American taxes added with the costs of insurance, prescriptions, hospital bills etc greatly outsize the "cost" of Scotlands tax - which already includes all of the above
And?
Not sure what your point is. Scotland pays more in tax, but gets the same services Americans do for cheaper than Americans pay out in tax plus medical expenses in your statement?
I said we pay less in tax according to the approximated brackets I posted. Those brackets were from a 2023 tax site. Not sure what you’re trying to argue.
I read your edit and yes, you did kinda come off as being "USA! USA!, fuck taxes!". Anyway, I guess we agree
Fair enough.
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