in the past 10 years the rise in population growth has doubled year on year
we talking 0.7% increase per year based on 60 million people
our population is around 65 million
our working population is roughly 35 million
now that 35 million you remove ;
1 million of the 2.5 million unemployed under 24
8 million economically inactive
around 2 million on incapacity benefit
12 million out of work due to being unable to find a job or unwilling to do so
roughly 1 in 4 adults in the UK is out of work
3 in every 10 people out of work concerning the working population
so tell me how does this country stay afloat ? when it is borrowing roughly a billion pound a day
a billion pound a day even though we give the government;
90p on a litre of fuel
22% PAYE & NI on pay below 40k
speed camera fines
£1.50 per 20 cigarettes plus an additional £114 per thousand ciggys excluding VAT
on average 23% of alcohol is stamp duty excluding VAT
THE BIG QUESTION HERE is where is all this money going cos this government has taxed everything to the point of collapse
references :
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2009/bn85.pdf
Government borrowing highest since Second World War - Telegraph
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