Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:03 am by cloud9
The reason prices are higher in the UK when compared to, say, THE REST OF THE WORLD, is simple:
Because we pay 'em.
No joke. That's it.
Remember when console games were selling for £50 - £60, and there was that big 'outrage'?
At the same time, these games were selling for less than half that in Europe, the U.S. and the rest of the planet.
In the U.K., we pay more for petrol (approx. 2-3 times as much as the U.S.) and up to twice as much for consumer goods. We also pay more tax than anywhere else in Europe, cars cost up to 50% more, designer clothing costs...I won't go on.
For a very long time in this country people have been getting used to accepting this without complaining or demanding their civil right to be treated like the rest of the planet. Remember the Poll Tax riots? So we didn't have Poll Tax. Instead the government introduced Council Tax, which is higher than Poll Tax ever was.
And now we have the elderly freezing to death every winter cos they can't pay.
This is not a good country, and national pride means f*&k all.
this is why I like freelancer.
Escapism.
I'll shut up now.