Just got back from England and Scotland, as you all know. Made a few discoveries, in addition to having a great time and seeing wonderful scenery and life styles. Will talk about them in future columns, but the main one, is that most manufacturing has left Britain and Scotland, as it has here, only they seem to be a few steps ahead of us in self destructing. Taxed to death, is putting it mildly. A 20% VAT (value added or sales tax), and horrendous income and property taxes are but a few. Gasoline is from $9 to $10 a gallon, and the Brits export oil. 85% of the price of gas and diesel goes to government in taxes. They are literally taxed to death. Death of jobs and industry that is. They are so used to it, that they think nothing about it, as we have become over the years. That’s why the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT MAY SAVE AMERICA FROM FALLING EVEN FURTHER INTO THE SWAMP OF BIG GOVERNMENT.
In the British Isles, (England, Scotland, and Wales), the taxes have gone up so much over the years, that naturally, payrolls and salaries have had to go up so that the taxes could be paid! Makes sense, doesn’t it? Taxes must be paid because the government says so, so we’ll have to earn more to pay them. Same as here, but less so, because the taxes are lower here. As the taxes and wages went up, guess what? It no longer paid to have these high priced workers make things, so the jobs and factories went overseas to nations with lower wages and smaller governments. This is such a simple, obvious concept. Higher wages needed to pay the high taxes, which makes the labor force un-competitive. So, the jobs go overseas, and what’s left are empty factories, after the machinery was probably shipped overseas too. We had 46 on our tour, plus the driver and guide. All wonderful people, but totally unaware of what happened to England,. Scotland, and Wales. Glasgow, a blue collar town, has empty factories by the dozens, and all the jobs have left Glasgow. Everyone blames nasty factory bosses or business owners, with never a thought of the above obvious situation. The above situation is so simple, and the same thing is and has happened here, that the comparison is undeniable. We are headed down the same road, and have already gotten ourselves in so deep, with endless bureaucracies, ’programs,’ Social Security, Medicaid, and endless handouts, that we may not be able to survive, or find ourselves with more and more taxes as the Brits have gotten from their governments. Like the Brits and Scots, we are so used to paying exorbitant taxes, that we no longer even think about it. It has become a part of our life.
The Democrats, and liberals always want to legislate more and more handouts, which weaken the strong and strengthen the weak, but they always want to pay for it with higher taxes and printing press money. Both of these, lead to destruction of the economy and nation, and result in slavery. All communist nations, and socialist nations have succumbed to the above, and America has gone down that path, probably 60% already. The Tea Party must capture the Senate, and Presidency next year, or we are sunk even further.