Shh... i'm covering for him because of his side job.

A.) A prime minister is supposed to represent EVERYONE or a majority in the country and so i can criticise him, it's a supposed democracy. I mean most of these people lead on about 1/3 of the countrie's support because the turnout is so bad. So democratic! And not only that but most western leaders including this one have only done policies in their own interests not that which is best for the country. Leaders in most countries rarely serve who their are meant to serve anymore. But i guess if i was PM i would do things differently to cameron, that's how i see it. But yeah, because we there is a coalition government. There have been many compromises, mostly for the liberals. Who promised free university, which didn't happen! Also, the coalition austerity measures hasn't helped the economy very well (stagnant for 5 years now). They want to do fracking against public approval. They did some tax cuts for the poorest and richest at the same time. They also keep on changing the education system without any idea in how it will affect things (eg introducing more academies, changing exam system). They also seem to want to privatise the NHS which no one wants here. Ok but not great government, although most people especially in the north despise tories.

B.) Except public housing isn't free here. It's actually very expensive now because of the "housing boom" in the last 15 years which massively inflated land prices. Public housing is often subsidised here because housing is not affordable anymore. I mean how can an ordinary person afford £150 or $230 a week just on rent? 

C.) i've never heard of the NHS ever denying someone treatment. The only problems with the NHS is it's waiting lists and it's management.

1.) They are still less likely to join a neo-nazi group like the KKK since they aren't stupid.

3.) I guess the outsourcing of many good manufacturing and service jobs hasn't helped either. 

4.) I though Finland with it's free university was doing alright in it's economy. And i suppose the difference between a library and university, is that at university it is applied towards something.  

So, Emily Ratajkowsky is her name huh? :D

A)  Because he IS representing eveyrone... and helping everyone with HIS polcies, you can't claim he's sold out when he's keeping true to his policies.  Sold out would imply he's doing something he didn't promise to do because he got paid not to.

B)   I'm confused.  By definition all public housing should be subsidized.  I mean.  Public Housing is housing owned by the government.  Why would the government own homes if not to rent it to the poor for cheap to zero money.  

C) Then you haven't been paying attention.  It's pretty common.  Labour made a big deal about it, though it was jut as bad under them

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9706918/50000-denied-treatment-to-save-NHS-cash-claims-Labour.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9127486/Obese-and-smokers-denied-treatment-to-save-money.html

Though you can find tons of invidual stories too if that's your thing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2126379/Sentenced-death-old-The-NHS-denies-life-saving-treatment-elderly-mans-chilling-story-reveals.html

Part of why the US system is so expensive is because if an 85 year old has cancer and insurance, the insurance has to pay for the best cancer treatment just to make sure he makes it to 86.  They have to do everything.  While in the UK, that may be seen as wasteful,

1)  Which is... you know.  Bad.  It's better to have racists and bigots in plan view, so you know where they stand.  Rather then behind the shadows being able to work their agendas eaisly.

3)  Which was allowed to happen due to the over focus on college.  In the West we put too much emphasis on College.  If you had kids you wanted them to go to college and get a collage job even though many of those jobs were worse then union jobs.  As such, it was easy to manufacturer.   Jobs got outsourced because we no longer valued those jobs... until they were gone... and still don't.   Look at Germany and Japan... and it becomes a bit more clear.

4)   Not really.  They do good in Per Capita income... but that's before you take out all the taxes.  I mean shit, their local municipal taxes are around ~20%, plus 29% VAT, + 6 up to like 50%! income tax...

 If you look at the average finnish home it becomes sort of apparent.  Really in general, that's something you don't really think about.  The average finnish home is significntly smaller then the average UK Home... which is smaller then the average US home.  (in actual square feet, rooms etc.)

A.) I don't think he is. Only 36% of the voter turnout (65% in 2010) voted Tory. That is alot of people who don't support him, but that's more the electoral systems though than his. But, yeah he has seemingly kept word on the majority of policies he set out 3 years ago, that alone is amazing for any politician. I'm sure striking Syria (which he wants to do) wasn't promised though nor does anyone want yet another war.

B.) I know it makes no sense does it? But to think private renting or a mortgage does often cost more as well. By comparision, housing is very cheap in the US.

C.) This news was all released in 2012, so was likely covered up by the noise of the Olympics and the royal wedding. But, i'm sure it wouldn't of happened if NHS spending wasn't being cut by the government. 

1.) I agree if only corporatists were in plain view too

3.) I never really though about it like that but i guess you are right. And not only that but the governments in germany and japan encourage people to set up factories as they are hugely beneficial to the economy and trade. I don't know but i guess it's that emphasis on university that really changes things although uni in Germany is much cheaper when compared to the UK. But saying, their education system has pushed an alternative to university, for those who really aren't smart enough to go university. 

4.) depending on how you look at it, higher taxes may be good if you get stuff like free healthcare and education in return along with some other stuff. Also, i consider a progressive tax system to be a good thing. Also, VAT is 22% not to different to the 20% in the UK. But yeah if you combine income tax and local tax, it ranges from 25% to 50%, which is pretty fair i think. Nothing, like the 75% tax on 1 million euros or more in France is it?  

Also, the size of houses may be to do with the climate as it gets very cold there. As, open spaces don't keep heat. 

A) He got a majority of the vote, and he's trying to do what's best for the country, via the polcies he laid out.  It's really that simple, those who can't even make the effort to vote REALLY have no right to complain.

C)  Nah, it all happened under labor as well.  I know because i pointed out the fact that this shit happens well before Obamacare passed.   It's impossible to give every medical treatment to everybody who needs it without bankrupting the country.   At some point the government always draws a line in the sand.  Why do you think they had to put in an anti-age law discrimination in the first place?

It's because Old people were being denied treatment under NHS.   Which they still are since now the doctors just say "It's not that your father is 88, it's that he has the body of an 88 year old! "

1)That sort of proves my point.  Nobody who is a copratist is dumb.  Because to be a corpratist you have to be in a corproation or a poltician.  Which means you need a pretty high level of intellegence.

4)   See here's the thing.  It doesn't work both ways.  When you have a progressive tax system the majority of people won't get back their taxes worth because it goes to the people who don't pay any taxes (or pay less...  Which in of itself is inefficent as hell.  Since just don't have those people pay taxes.)

As for the Finnish taxes, actually looking at it, they greatly lowered their taxes  Their top tax bracket is 30%.  Last I looked it was 50%.   They must of went with a conservative stimulus program.

Looking at all the taxes though it's about 20% (Local) 6-30% (Wage) 1.19% (Healthcare) .82 (healthcare) 4.7 (Pension) 0.6 (Unemployment).

Now lets apply this.

In 2008, Per capita PPP for finland was $38,230 in international dollars   (Compaired to around ~$50,000 in America/$35,800 in the UK)

Now, 38,230 is about 28,686 Euros.  That's pre taxes.

Now that's 27.31% in taxes outside income tax, which is more complicated then a simple percentage... but to save the complicated breakdown by bracket it goes like this,

2569.59    Paid in the first bracket 15,600–23,200  For an rate here of  33.81% of your income.

For the rest of it 5486, your in the 17.5 Tax bracket.  Meaning your paying 44.81%

So you are paying 2458.28 on that.

So your 28,686 euros is reduced to 23,658.

Not counting the VAT.  If you save nothing, that's a 24% right off the top of that... and the VAT is MUCH more perlious then you realize.

Also not counting things like property taxes... but hey.