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We don't have it good in the UK, you've got it bad in the US. All people should have time off to do whatever they wish to do
I was about to type these exact words
Amen 🙏🏻
True
How inhuman separating new mothers and babies.
An example of how good the NHS can be.
I was diagnosed (years ago) with stage 4 cancer & given 50/50 chance. I was looked after by AMAZING nurses who get far too little praise for the amazing work they do. But the PROFESSOR who was put in charge of my treatment was one of the top 5 specialists in cancer treatment, IN THE WORLD!!! Beat it in 1 cycle of chemo & have been all clear for nearly 20 years.
I'm so glad you made it
You're exactly right, NHS workers are amazing, no-one works there for the money, they do it because they care
@@Barlofontain when I heard about who Professor Cullen was, all doubts vanished. This is one of the guys Rotal families would call! I've seen the downside of the NHS as well. But I'm alive & that is ALL thanks to them
Congratulations on beating your cancer 20 years ago. Wishing you a long happy and continuing cancer free future
NHS isn't perfect but it's better than not having it! My wife was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer 20 or so months ago (having successfully been treated for it 28 years earlier). She had tests etc and in the last year or so has had:
1. Mastectomy of the breast that was reconstructed 28 or so years earlier, after having a successful course of chemotherapy to reduce the tumours first (there were two). The surgery was totally successful and my wife will have check-ups over the next 5 years but has been told there's no reason to suspect a further return.
2. During a scan on her upper body the medics found a lump in her brain. Further tests suggested it was a tumour that may have been there 10-15 years as there was evidence of calcification. In view of its size she had a craniotomy (lifting a flap of skull up so the lump could be removed) and a massive but symptom-free 50mm diameter benign tumour was taken out. Perfect recovery and the scar which initially looked a bit Frankenstein-ish was under the hairline but the hair has now grown back. Incredible result. The view was taken that IF the tumour had ever grown any further, it would have caused problems. The brain has now moved back to fill up the "empty space". She previously had no symptoms and if she hadn't had that scan, she'd never have suspected a thing - unless the tumour HAD grown. And by them there was no further space and brain damage was likely.
3. The chemo did accelerate her eye issues so she had a cataract removed and a new lens put in her weaker eye. She is awaiting a visit shortly to have the second eye done but even with the one done, so far, she could drive (as she nears 70 years) without spectacles.
So - three major "operations" and all seemingly 100% successful and it cost NOTHING apart from taxes paid when we were working.
I suppose a lot of times driving my wife to various local hospitals, and paying parking fees there for her various tests, check-ups etc, but nothing really. Even my wife's continued drugs prescriptions (anti-cancer drugs - tablets - and eye drops taken after the eye op) are free because she is retired.
How much would that cost us in the USA?
@@raymondporter2094 Let us do a rough under estimate. In the US, maybe my home, half my families homes & land. Any valuables anyone had. Oh, & ANY hope of descendants being able to afford their own living space due to family dept. Sound about right to you?
But to the Far more important point. That is AMAZING news to hear your wife is doing so well. A true Champ! Please do me a favour. Give her a BIG hug from me (If that is OK with you & I'm not overstepping my place). The NHS needs Champions like her to show the true benefits it brings
In the UK and the rest of Europe there's a saying 'we work to live - not live to work'
Most countries do this, the USA is the exception.
It's not just the UK that care's about its people,
I think it's more common than not.
It depends which parts of the world you include.
In the majority of the world the government cares about it's people......except the USA, because they're special and the best country in the world according to themselves 🤣🤣🤣
@@mojojojo11811 I am sorry to say that the majority of the world's governments could not care less about their people, except as a source for tax and bribes.
@@mojojojo11811 I figured that having successfully brainwashed the population into believing the USA has the most freedom etc,
The population should be grateful to live there... or live at all by the sound of things 🤣🤣🤣
The UK government doesn’t give two shits about it citizens.
UNIONS, Got us all the Rights we have in the UK 🇬🇧. Without them we wouldn't have any .Join a union
Unions and the Labour Party.
They did. And they were taken over by the mafia, which wasn't good for them. After that, you got what you put up with. Been in 3 unions, all getting more useless over time. So looks like we may be heading your way.
@@colincampbell4261 Correct
I'm still in a union even after my retirement, Unison I'm a retired member 😊
@@caroledwards3465 I hope you agree with me then .I was in the N.U.M.then I changed job and was in the G.M.B .Unite .Most of my working life .
Hi 👋 from the UK 🇬🇧 my wife was off work for a year and a half with cancer she was paid 100 % of her wages for the first year then six months at 80 % all the cancer treatment will covered by our taxes and she went back to work at her workplace because by law they have to keep her job open to her
we're civillised
And you have the cheek to say "The land of the free"!?! 😂
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Nope lol
We have it so good because we had to fight for these rights. We also have unions that can demand your rights. These rights were not a given there were strikes and protests to get to this place. I live in a street that has allotments on the corner of our street. The area was bombed during the second world war and every little space was turned into food production and some of the allots are the remnants of this period and are still going strong today with individual allotments and community gardens
We're still fighting for them.
Well said Sir
Houses have been built on ours.
We also voted for a socialist leader, more than once (but not recently). Look up Atlee, & be stunned how much he did for our country.
All these important issues equates to real freedom!
For the record, I can name all 50 US states and label them on a map, so she is wrong.
Yep me too and almost all the state capitals 😊
Me too😂
I couldn’t I’ll be honest - but I can’t believe she’s trying to compare knowing 50 states with knowing 4 countries!
ERR 48 states and 2 Commonwealths at least get it right
Yep I am from the uk and could name them all….
The Republic of Ireland couldn't be part of a Kingdom because it is a republic.
Eire used to be part of the UK , this was through invasion! it was granted independence but didn't become a full republic until 1949 ! so it could be apart of the Uk again we simply have to invade it ;)
@@daverutherford6401 December 6, 1921
Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom on December 6, 1921, when representatives of the two states signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. I know it says gained and not fought for and won . It was not a gift it was a long hard war
Northern Ireland is part but not ROI and why do people always go to London to ask about England it's not part of England I class it as the capital of Pakistan or India who wanted independence got it and then they all wanted to come here f ghandi
@@tommysherman7155 What's your point here . London is capital city of Uk . Its not open for interpretation, its a fact. What have Pakistan or India got to do with anything they are independent countries now just the same as the republic of Ireland
I don't know why people go to London it's just like going to Pakistan or India and asking them go on holiday to Bridlington Scarborough Filey York Sheffield Leeds Whitby Manchester Barnsley Nottingham Newcastle Sunderland bambourough any where in Northumberland I think they would get honest opinions off of UK people most would say London not England sadly London is in England but that would be the reason, the USA would definitely be said up North and Ukraine and Israel for the media divide and conquer technique the media don't care about people they want you to think what they want you to think put me in Ukraine and Israel I bet you I have a good time and I won't get harmed
It’s not true what she says about allotments. You can have them in cities if they’re available and they are really for growing your own produce. You can have a shed where you make tea, et cetera, but they basically vegetable growing places. They aren’t really a substitute for your domestic garden where you will hang out with your family and friends and play football, et cetera
What she said was mostly right, and I've known people use them for nurturing flowers for their gardens, as well as growing vegetables. It is getting increasingly difficult to get an allotment though, since they open up rarely and they are allotted on a first come first served basis and councils are under pressure to allocate the land to other uses.
They could be an effective way to save money though. My local allotments are around £40 a year for a 5 pole (30x45 foot plot), with a £90 deposit, and you could grow quite a decent crop on a plot that size.
I swear blind my hubby loves his allotment more than he does his family I think he would live in his shed if he could I think he thinks he has got a bloody market garden on the go. Never mind golf widow I’m coming in second best to bloody carrots, spuds, and sprouts 🤣
US is the exception not the rule.
In the UK I had 40 days Holidays + Bank Holidays. I worked 37.5 hrs a week, Monday - Friday.
I've also worked for an American company for about 2 years, I had to get out due to the work ethic.
The work ethic is stressful.
It’s not just the UK and Europe that workers get a ‘fair’ deal, it’s pretty much the rest of the World, even many nations that are considered 3rd world (eg, developing) nations, workers get a fair deal.
Here’s a comparison between the USA and Australia (where I am):
The US Federal Government does NOT mandate a single day of ‘paid’ annual, sick or public holiday leave (all left to the discretion of the employer, if you’re lucky).
In Australia every full time worker is entitled, by law, a minimum of 20 days (4wks), paid annual leave, a minimum of 10 days (2wks), paid sick leave and, depending on what state we live in, approx 10 days (2wks) of paid public holidays, again, that is the legal minimum.
We get paid for 12 mths, and only have to work for 10 mths, if you use all your paid annual, sick and public holiday leave.
Healthcare - in the USA, no federally mandated universal healthcare for all, US citizens regularly file for bankruptcy over medical bills, even with private health insurance, they often beg others for help on GoFundMe.
In Australia, every citizen is entitled to universal healthcare, yes you can have private insurance if want, but no one goes bankrupt over medical costs.
Pharmaceuticals - the Australian Government regulates the price, no one dies because they can’t afford basic medicines, not so in the USA.
Federally mandated minimum wage, USA, $7.25 p/h, Australia, $23.23 p/h (on 1 July it increases to $24.10 p/h, or $915.90 for a full time 38hr week).
We also aren’t forced to ‘tip’ minimum wage earners, we don’t have to make up for what their employer should pay.
On top of everyone’s full time wage is Superannuation (retirement fund), Australian employers are required by law to deposit another 11% of your wage into your selected Superannuation Fund.
Life expectancy - USA 77.28, Australia 83.20, approx six (6) years more in Australia.
US Americans often talk about work ‘benefits’, we call them ‘basic worker rights’, we don’t have to beg, employers are required by law to pay a decent min wage, plus all of the other benefits (rights) that US workers don’t receive.
I could go on with many other comparisons too.
Bottom line, the life of the average Australian is far better than the life of the average US American.
Merica really is a 3rd world nation by how it treats its people, and it’s people are ignorant to that fact too.
Cheers,
Dude if you want sick pay, longer vacation time & the NHS. You could have all this, then fight for it like previous generations of Brits have done. Unions, Strikes, Picket lines & get it enshrined in law.
28 days vacation is the absolute basic requirement....that is 5.6 weeks if you work 5 days a week....I get 8 weeks paid vacation
Do you work for the council😊
@reluctantheist5224 haha brilliant ! No I've just worked at the same job for 28 years
I've worked 2 days a week at my job for nearly 10yrs and I get the equivalent of 6 weeks off.
I used to get five weeks plus eleven extra days because I’m a shift worker but as I have been employed by HMPPS for ten years I now get six weeks plus the eleven days so that’s forty one days total, I get six month sick on full pay drops to half pay after six months, however it is at my bosses discretion so I could receive longer on full pay. My friend had cancer and she was off for seven months and then she was off work at odd time depending on her treatment if she was ill she was off and they still paid her. The one thing she didn’t have to worry about whilst so seriously ill was her wage packet. We complain about our country but it’s not really that bad.
I get 8 weeks plus 4 days including the bank holidays.
Allotments are all over the UK, not just in towns but cities too. They are not in replacement of your garden though. They are used to grow fruits and vegetables. Where I live we have a community allotment which is tended and used for the village, it helps with community spirit and you can have free food if your struggling to make ends meet.
In the UK, people - all people - are FREE (you hear that, US people?) to walk across the street wherever they want. Although you are expected to look out for traffic. If you walk across the street without due care for your personal safety and you get clipped by a car, you cannot whine about your "rights" being infringed. You have the right (and a social obligation) to avoid doing anything stupid.
The idea of an annual number of 'sick days' is a completely American concept - it's not just the UK that has unlimited sick time off - it's the rest of the World.
The UK does not have an unlimited sick leave allowance. Both places where I worked had policies that stipulated that anyone being off sick three times in any rolling twelve month period had to appear before a management panel where they would be grilled about their medical history, lifestyle, behaviour etc.
Not sure if they think that the unlimited time off is fully paid, which it mostly isn’t. Most people will go onto SSP, full pay is at your employers discretion and written into your contract.
@@AlunThomas-mp5qo Every place I have worked it's after 3 days you have to provide a doctors note and that was it. It was up to an individual manager to decide if people were abusing the system, then they would be talked to. The company recognised that majority of people do not abuse the system. Probably comes from also not denying holiday if people wanted a day off work at short notice. In my mind, a company would only be able to ask about your medical history and the days taken off, not about your life in general. What you do in your own time is none of their business. Then again I've worked for good companies who valued their employees.
Nah people grow things in their garden and still have allotments. Allotments are much bigger.
Allotments are not that big, my sister has one and it is about the size of her garden which is a small garden, it’s smaller than the garden of the house we grew up in and that was smaller than most.
@@pureholy Our local Allotments are 1/8 of an Acre in size. We have two together.
@@pureholyWhen you have to look after an allotment, weeding, feeding, battling slugs, snails, birds, insects, wildlife and watering in dry weather. They're plenty big enough. I have a half plot with 16 fruit tree's, 20 raspberry, 5 blackberry , 4 gooseberry, rhubarb patch and then my vegetables 3 dozen potato plants, 36 brassicas, onions, shallots, garlic, beetroots, lettuces, radish and various other salad plants, various beans. That's only half a plot. So your supposed small garden cannot be that small.
"Wouldn't be the Republic of Ireland" for the 4th one. NO. The clue is in the name: REPUBLIC.
Not in the United KINGDON
But they are part of the British isles
In Australia, we have the same holiday times, but we have the sunshine to enjoy it.
...and get eaten by Sharks and crocs, bitten by Snakes and Spiders and skin cancer.
I am in my 50's. Never took my driving test, never owned a car.
Same. I'm in my 60s.
I’m in the Uk and I get 39 days holiday a year. 😁
I'm retired now but used to get 37 days plus bank holidays
Oxymoron,🇺🇸 the land of the free.Where everything costs a fortune.
U.S. Land of the FEE
@@robharris8844U 😂😂
I was off work for 6 months with a broken wrist and got full pay in uk. I was told not to hurry coming back.
Thats paradise. I was off 3 days cuz of a tooth extraction and that got used against me 🤣.
Just to point out.. NHS is most certainly not Free. It's free at the point of use. We all pay taxes to all ow that to be free. So those who can not afford the tax or are not able to work still get it free. I'm happy to pay my tax in order for that to be the case.
Losing a job or having an accident or sudden illness can happen to anyone at any time.
Everyone pays a relatively small amount to cover that eventuality. If people want private no one is stopping them but some begrudge helping less unfortunate people.
The best way I ever heard it described was as a difference in the understanding of 'Freedom'. The USA tends to talk a lot about Freedom as if they are the only ones that have it, while actually, in the UK and across Europe, we look at things like the laws on drinking and jaywalking, and feel America has very little freedom. You see, all through Europe and the UK, we believe in "Freedom *from* ..." - Freedom *from* oppression (even by employers), Freedom *from* worries about health and injury, Freedom *from* worrying that your insane Neighbour has 8 assault rifles...
America tends to all be focused on the freedom *to* have a gun, the freedom *to* offend others just to be an assh*le, the freedom *to* not subsidize the health and welfare of your fellow community members, etc.
It may seem like such a small difference, but it is a critical one. The freedom to starve, to us, is no freedom. Freedom *from* worries, fears, oppression, sickness, etc. is so much more important to us.
A couple of small notes on specific things mentioned in this video:
Jaywalking is not a crime here, that's true. However, if a person walks on a motorway, like your interstates, and gets hit by a car, it is effectively written off as suicide. Not all roads are the same. It is the pedestrianized or urban roads where the onus is on the driver to beware of pedestrians, and in certain circumstances, like a zebra crossing, even if someone rushes out into the road, the driver is considered at fault, possibly guilty of manslaughter, because it was his job as the controller of a vehicle to be expecting and looking for people crossing at a designated crossing.
On Taxes, while the first tax bracket is indeed a sudden jump, you are not taxed 20% of say, a £18,000 salary. You get that free part always, so as mentioned here, the first £11,000 is not taxed and you'd pay 20% on the amount over that limit (£7,000 = £18k - 11k). The 'basic allowance' is never taxed or touched.
Sick Leave - while it is technically unlimited, an employer can never, ever 'force' a sick employee to work, only a certain amount is *paid* sick leave (but this is still a considerable period of weeks not just days), then there's usually a reduced pay period for sickness beyond that time (but still paid), and finally there is unpaid sick leave. Being suddenly diagnosed with a serious illness, or having a significant accident is already a huge enough trauma for people, without having to worry that they'll also be fired as well. That freedom *from* thing again.
I got bad news for you brother; most of the world has it this good or even better.
Sorry, last thing, in the UK walking on the pavement/road, the pedestrian has by law the right of way, not the car
That applies to GB not NI.
Fight for your rights these thing don't just happen it took the people of the uk decades to achieve these things
Prescription drugs in the UK. We can pay for individual items - 9.50 per item or because I have a lot prescription medicines I can pay 114 pounds per year and get as many prescriptions per years as I need.
Thats just England. Prescriptions are totally free in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
I have diabetes so all my prescriptions are free
@@molybdomancer195 same for me thank goodness!!
@@CrazyInWeston True, I forgot about that!
As a pensioner my prescriptions are free.
We have allotments for growing our own food… it’s not a garden away from home… it’s a post world war thing, it helped provide food for people and it stuck! I’d love an allotment but the wait list for one in my area is around 3 years!
How can you break the law by crossing the road !!??
Jay walking laws were lobbied for by the motor manufacturers, who worried that pedestrians in the road would put people off buying cars.
In the US, corporations rule the roost.
@@grahvisI made a comment on another video about how coorpations can vote and they can lobby politicians by bribing them etc, and this (I will assume) American tried to defend everything, yet at the same time without realising what he was talking about, admit everything.
He was very protective, but within what he said, he admitted to Gerrymandering, corporate voting, lobbying and legalised bribery.
Very easy in the states, it's called Jay Walking. A standard fie, different in each city.
Nobody lives to work in Europe, we work to live. Unfortunately, in the USA, the $ rules and you do live to work while making the rich richer
Yeah, the rest of us stopped living like that decades ago.
UK, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Canada... basically all the countries treat their inhabitants with respect.
USA is the exception
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I get 33 days paid leave + 8 bank holidays, this is pretty normal in Europe, The US is the exception.
It’s took a lot of blood sweat and tears to get the rights we have today, and it takes a lot of tax payers money to have and fund these things…
@thombt963 The NHS waste the most money too Millions it is not a smart system its totally out of date.
@thombt963 The NHS waste millions upon millions a year it is out dated and needs to work smart which means every penny should count to eleviate pressure on the Tax payer. At present it is not value for money.
Sales tax is not income tax.
I don't get firing people for being sick. If I've spent thousands training someone why would is throw that asset away.
I used to give from Christmas eve until the first work day in January on top of normal holidays.
Even 3rd world countries have maternity leave and mandatory holidays.
People generally grow their vegetables and fruit on allotments.
When you talk about working in the US as all work work work. That reminds me of slavery
When you look at servers in restaurants, being paid like $3 an hour, it is slavery.
Thats why theyre bending backwards for you, they want a tip.
There are some americans I know that will defend this system as opposed to paying these servers properly.
It is slavery, they can just choose their owners now
Something like that
😅
In some industries, you are required in the U.K. to take 2 weeks annual leave together, e.g, Financial Services. This is to get a proper break for stress management and to make sure nobody is up to no good in the workplace financially.
I broke and dislocated both my shoulders 3 months ago, I had the fire brigade out to break open my door and an Ambulance to to take me to hospital. I then had 2 surgeons working on me for 7 hours each over 2 operations and had 10 pins inserted in each arm, 4 weeks in hospital, bi weekly physio appointments. Nurses coming out to my home to help dress me daily for another month then follow up appointments with my surgeon, pain medication and the cost to me £0.00. All paid for by paying for our taxes which come straightout of my wage so I dont notice it, nobody questions it as we know our Health is covered as part of that. I am still here anyway because my Astma and Epilepsy and Asthma drugs are also paid for by the NHS. My father had 2 triple heart bypasses and my Mum looked after for 5 months at the end of her life. I own my own house and am very happy, productive because of the NHS. God bless the NHS and their staff!!
3 countries in Britain
4 countries in the UK
But
You are British (adjective) if you live in Britain or the UK
In 1988, when my wife and I visited the United States for the first time, we learned that if you wanted to go anywhere, you needed a car.
I'm English and I know why it's called jay walking. Back in the days farmers were called jay birds, They would walk in roads looking at skyscrapers and people would yell blue jay walking. Then it was made law not to walk in the street.
The tax rate varies on how much you earn. You also pay National insurance (supposed to pay for NHS, Unemployment and pensions) and VAT at 20% on purchases. Plus council tax, that depends on where you live and what you live in. This can be on average £2000 per year.
The fourth country in the UK is NOT the REPUBLIC of Ireland - there's a huge clue in the name!
I'm guessing that word doesn't mean much to most people in the USA.
When we go to a shop the price on the item is the price you pay at the checkout.
Yanks don't understand that we had to FIGHT for all of these rights etc.
We weren't given them out of the goodness of the government's heart.
So stop your whinging, get off your lazy backsides and fight until you win.
And we're still fighting for them now, with many of our rights under threat and our NHS being deliberately sabotaged.
You forgot to mention Bank Holliday's there are usually 6 or 7 per year so that's another 6 or 7 on top of the 28 days and everyone in the UK gets Flu at least once a year (don't we ! ) and it always lasts at least 7 days, so it works out around 42 days on average, but some Flu and tummy upsets can last longer than 7 days and you may get it twice or more in one year.
PS….I love the UK….great country to live in…especially where I live…Brighton❤️
I never know whether to tell people about Brighton, or to keep my mouth shut about it: - the most incredible city (well it's Brighton & Hove now.) in the UK. Where is the most fairytale palace in UK? The WORLD's most famous Toy Museum? The numbers of Georgian squares? The the most unique city in the UK? The most eccentric people? The most theatre/live performances/comedy in the UK?
The most important Gay Parade? (And the biggest Naked Bike Riders parade) in UK?
AND...the beginning of the White Cliffs, bursting with fossils...which I have quite a collection of by now.
Brighton ticks all those boxes. And is also the most tolerant city in UK?
Yeah, that and much more is Brighton - which every vlog so far I've seen as USA information shows a Ferris wheel as a Brighton installation... but which closed down about 8 years ago!
It's only an hour outside of London so many people who work in London live in Brighton-& often get to travel less than many Londoners in order to get to work!
Mate - I think we're the luckiest people in Britain...Brighton is really somewhere else!
Father's get I think 1 or 2 months perturnity leave. If someone can fact check that it would be great.
Fathers get a standard 2 weeks paid paternity leave by law - but there is an option for couples to share the maternity leave between them if they wish.
It actually costs more than £600+ for an ambulance to turn up but there is no charge to you as the user. That is what it costs the NHS
knew someone that was working in a government job that had 44 days vacation days a year.
You almost started a riot in the republic of Ireland,lmao
I winced when he said it. Eeeek.
😩😩
That was a great video and a great reaction
Thank you 🤜🤛.
I get over 60 paid days off per year
Just for the record, I am British and I can name the American States
I agree with you about walking. I have walked over 6500 steps so far today.
America is like a prison in some regards.
I remember visiting the half of my family which lives in the states and they drove EVERYWHERE. I asked my aunt "how far of a walk is it?" And she told me 15 minutes but we STILL took the car. I legit walked to college which was like 20-30 minutes away from my house so i was baffled on why we were in a car XD
They force you to take holiday here to use up your hours. I once took a week off but work needed me so i basically got triple my hourly wage for the week and they gave me back 7 days holiday to use 😅
If you are employed by a government office yoou get full pay for the first six months then half pay
when the brexit happened (and one of the reason for the brexit was that the money not spent in the EU would go to the NHS), i was very sad for the british that the politics came back on their words and said , nah no money for the NHS ( and i m french, usually i might naturally be biaised against the UK :) ) , NHS (and other europeans healthcare must be kept at almost all cost.
incorrect. the increase of Government since brexit of NHS funding basically equates to what we were paying to the EU
@s.rmurray8161. Wrong, if flat out hasn't (some of it's gone to private contractors the NHS has to hire but only a trickle has gone to the NHS itself. Also a massive chunk of what we 'payed' to the EU came back as subsidies and grant matching that paid for things like the new College at the end of my street. Ask the Cornish fisherman how they have been doing since Brexit.
We do pay 25% income tax including national insurance tho,which obviously goes to the NHS etc
I’ve lived in London all my life I’m in my 50s and have never had a car there’s no need in London the transport links are so close together you can go almost anywhere I do ride my bike or walk to most places so I don’t really use public transport but it’s there if I need it
I love that Hey Arnold shirt.
Love your T-Shirt! Hey Arnold was the best.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I shouted hey football head to my friends for years as a kid
Christmas Day is the only Public Holiday in the UK the rest are Bank Holidays
The 20% tax is only on your income over the tax threshold
She did say that.
Unlimited sick days ks a litrle misleading. Anyone can self certify sick for 5 days and then you need a sick note from a medical professional to say how long you will need off. However depending on your illness this can be for months and pay varies. There is something called Stautory Sick Pay which is is about £115 per week for up to 28 weeks and is paid by employer and then they claim it back from the government. Some employers e.g civil service, NHS have generous sick pay ( and maternity ) packages but eventually there will be plans to either get you back to work or make you retire through ill health from that particular job.
But there is a lower limit to teh bottom tax bracket. Can't remember what the minimum earning per year is before you pay any tax, but it's over 10,000
Y'all are getting screwed by your employers, you should go out on strike and stand up for better workers rights.
Can't do that you'd be called a commie.
Y’all…??? If you’re European why are you using that stupid American affectation..?? 🙄🇬🇧
this is what years of unionised work gets you - weekends, days off, sick pay and reasonable pay rates
The annual leave info is only accurate for some people. I work for the NHS as a midwife, 30 hours a week. fI get 210 hours a year annual leave, which works out as 7 weeks. This includes days in lieu of bank holidays.
Also 28 days isn''t 4 weeks off, because that is 28 working days off - so if you work 5 days a week that's almost 6 weeks.
That's one thing I don't understand about Florida - how does public service things like garbage collection get paid for if there's no income tax just sales taxes??
Problem we have in the UK is we are a nation of "whingers " and all to eagerly lap up the negativity our media constantly feed us. Our tiny Island is a beautiful place with so many historic treasures and natural beauty just around the corner or a 10mn drive away. We have our faults like all countries, but your still find it hard to beat this Island in common sense and down to earth values.
EXACTLY MATE. Too many people in the uk dont know how good they have it, they leave to go on holiday but have never known what life is like for so many others. I try to explain to my parents all the time how much better we have it today even compared to americans, but theyll still go back to minor complaints without understanding that they and their parents have NEVER known medical debt in their lifes and likely never will and my dad has had like 20 surgeries, was shot by the brits in belfast back in 1972 etc haha.
we have had allotments to grow food since ww2 when we had to grow most of our food!!
I just had 13 months off on full sick pay .
And I get 13 weeks off a year holiday plus public holidays
Fun fact: though it seems a massive amount to many Americans, the UK’s minimum paid leave of 28 days including public holidays is just about the lowest entitlement of all European countries.
Those subtitles tho 🤣 @11:00
Only america does that. The Uk probably take all the holidays, maternity, nhs etc for granted most of the time. We don’t know how good we have it compared to the USA. Take care 😘🏴
I'm British and the interesting thing is that we are not even as progressive as a some other European countries (of which it's probably best to compare us to, rather than the US for various reasons) in these respects, so that maybe says something about US T&Cs!
Also, it's probably been said but do not refer to Ireland as being part of Britain as you are likely to offend Irish people! Also, referring to the UK as "England" is like referring to the USA as Texas.
I had a quad heart bypass in 2016, cost was nothing if I had to pay for it it would have been £6,750.
Loving the hey Arnold top
In the UK you don't pay tax on the first £12,900 you earn. In the company I work for, if you have worked for 10 years, you can have 12 months paid sick leave. 28 days is the legal minimum for holidays, I get 33 days, my daughter gets 47 days. Our working week is 35 hours. So that means we finish at 1pm on Friday. Our boss actually tells us off if we work late or at the weekend
At my firm we get 30 days holiday plus 8 public (bank) holidays so 38 Days in all
I have to admit i was very surprised to hear that Florida has no income tax, even more so that there are 8 other states that don't either.
Do they pay Federal Tax?
United KINGDOM
REPUBLIC of Ireland
What????
They're from the US, most of them couldn't find their own house on a map.
Don't forget, those 28 days are 28 working days, (which is Fri-Mon in most cases), so 28 Days is 4 working weeks of 5 days each and 3 additional days... AS A MINIMUM
And lots of the industrialised world have similar amounts
Just a wee reaction to teh girl's presumption - I can, in fact, name all the states and their capitals, in music, thanks to the Animaniacs.
The NHS is not free as we pay around 18% of our wages to the NHS every week & we wait months/years for any operation….
Annual leave (holiday pay) is good but we only get paid basic hours….
We have fought for all the rights we have, you should do the same in the USA don’t be complacent. Don’t forget that tax we pay also includes the NHS as well
The first £12,570 earned is tax free. Then it is the basic flat rate.
An ambulance ride is not free! Neither is the NHS. Working people pay national insurance taken out of their wages.
The 4 weeks do not count bank holidays- not anywhere I've worked anyway. My last job I got 7 weeks annual leave and bank holidays in lieu. Also they are comparing sales tax with income tax which are completely different taxes. Our equivalent is value added tax which is only on what someone considered luxury goods. It's always included in the price so you don't really notice. I can't believe they don't do tax returns in Florida? I would have to google that. I know that Americans have to file taxes every tax year. You do same here if you are self employed but most jobs have PAYE which deducts tax from every time you are paid before it goes into your bank so we don't miss it unless we look at our wage slip and see how much tax was taken out of our wages.