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Yes except a house like that would cost circa £650 - 750,000 I suspect
on the local market. Over a million in the open.

Mortgage relief - yes, however only on the first £400k of the primary
residence (changed in 2008). Though way better than what you get in
the UK, yes.

Average house price - £350,000 for local market and that's a tiny 2-
bed house.

Decent house? £650,000+

It's a very expensive place to live housing wise.

 

The difference being that the uk offers greek citzens the same
emergency medical facilities which is not an issue .

 

The difference is Lozzo you work here , live here you pay tax here
you contribute to the community your not the problem

I dont have a problem with foriegn nationals getting emergency
treatment , i dont object if we have recipricol arrangements i object
to paying for planned treatment or ongoing treatment when we dont
have recipricol arrangements or paying for treatment towards people
whoes lifestyle choice is not to work or contribute

I object to paying towards benefits for the offspring of foriegn
nationals who have never lived in the UK .

In my opinion this money could be far better used looking after the
pensioners funding the education and health systems for UK residents

 

He was working unpaid in Swansea as a lecturer in biblical studies as
part of his masters from a US uni

His medical insurance did cover but the NHS dont bill US citizens

 

We cant be held responsible for the acts of our ancestors

 

(1) Dont know
(2) would they let him in
(3) would he want to go there

 

You can cross with condor for as little as £25.00 as a foot passenger
Take a vehicle and you get stiffed , about £585 for a van

Condor do a frequent traveller deal

I got charged £85.00 by one of the local doctors possbly because i
was wasnt local

 

Salary wise though the rates are far higher than the uk

 

Why is it that all the peole who make these sorts of arguments are
really thick and borderline illiterate?

 

I'd just give a spelling test to anyone who wants anything from the
Government.

 

It depends - in some sectors (legal, some finance) yes - however for
the majority they aren't quite in that super league. I certainly am
not earning the salary I'd like to earn - must try harder

Even with higher salaries, the houses are still v. expensive - even on
a 5x mortgage, you need to be earning £130k to get the sort of house
you mentioned - even in Guernsey that is a pretty high average
salary!

Lower tax and higher allowances though does offset quite a lot, plus
as you mentioned not having to pay all the other taxes (like council
tax) does help. I can also order VAT free from Amazon.

That said, it would appear the UK/EU others are hellbent on stopping
all that tax 'avoidance'[1] - which they can't prove is actually
happening despite trying very hard - so I suspect time is limited on
this happy existance - though at least we aren't in the Manx position
of suddenly finding £100m disappearing from their income [2].

[1] and from YTC's comments, it would appear they have an audience
willing to lap up the drivel.
[2] VAT refunds from the UK - quite how they kept this arrangement for
as long as they did I don't know, however what an arrangement -
effectively subsidised by the UK (cue Manx local popping up to
disagree )

 

Yeah we should have left them in festering stone age feudal purgatory.

 

The largest problem with UK/EU taxation innit

 

Your rules would stop me getting NHS treatment: I've only been working
here for just over nine years.

`This once great nation' is one of those phrases that sets off the
warning light, if only because of the ignorance of the nature of the
United Kingdom which it displays.

 

Oi Paddy fook of back to your own health service

I'm pleased you still find it Great.

It is a phrase people might be using in the Republic these days!

Have you looked at property prices in Dublin lately though? I thought the
bubble had burst, they still look insane although perhaps it's the lack of 2
Euro to the pound that skews perception.

 

And thus paid into the system?

 

Are you mad? 100 yo-yos for a trip to A+E?

Only in the geographic sense.

The state of Ireland only demonstrates the complete failure of
deregulated, `pro-business', low tax economics. Of course, some of
us said so many years ago.

The bubble has burst big time. At one point, construction was 23% of
GDP. Even allowing for the grossly inflated prices (due to corruption
and profiteering), that's a lot of money. Employment in construction
was about 13% of the workforce. It's not now.

 

The proposed threshold was ten years.

 

Nice.

 

They also seem unaware that higher education is one of the few British
`products' that foreigners actually want to buy: it's a healthy export
earner.