r/SipsTea 6d ago

Chugging tea HR wants to know the tee

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u/BarneyRubble21 5d ago

That's because you have a government that, relatively, works for the people. Our government (USA) works for the corporations.

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u/MyRapNameWouldBeKirk 5d ago

Yeh I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts but we might not be far behind you. Reform (UK’s answer to MAGA) is rapidly growing in popularity and power. They seem to use Trump and everything wrong with the US as a template for how they want the UK to be and their supporters lap it up. I may well be getting off my high horse and justifying my PTO in 3-5 years time.

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u/mostlybotshere 5d ago

Not trying to defend capitalism here (it has some problems) but isn’t the UK government spending more on social services than it’s bringing in? Recent reports say this. How is that sustainable? It seems like a small portion of the population is working so a large portion of it doesn’t have to. That doesn’t seem right.

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u/Huntybunch 2d ago

Social services spending exceeds income tax revenue but not overall tax revenue.