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You as a Brit spend $5,500
Eh, on average that may be true. But most people pay far less than that. The NHS’s budget is £153bn, and the government raises £950bn in revenue. Of the 950bn, around 25% is from income tax.
So by that logic, the amount of my income tax that goes to the NHS is about 0.25*153/950 = 4.0%. Last year I paid £6644 in income tax, so that’s about £265 to the NHS. I’m not counting National Insurance as those contributions are not for the NHS.
VAT is also 15% of government revenue, so if I wildly guess that I bought £10k worth of “stuff” last year then that’s £2000 in VAT (@ 20% - it’s not all necessarily 20% but to simplify), of which £300 went to the NHS.
So I’m still not even paying £600/year. There are some other small contributions that you could count, but it’s not going to make much difference to the final figure. I’m far from rich but I’m more well-off than most people, so the majority of citizens are paying less than me.
What I’m saying is, for most citizens we actually pay relatively little and get huge value out of the NHS. The rich pay proportionally a lot more, which is how it should be.
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I’ve just bought a 5 with the fan case, and it’s kind of ridiculous that it needs active cooling while under no load. I’m sort of disappointed how much power it draws. The whole point of a pi is supposed to be that it’s tiny and uses almost no power. My previous pi3 would be cold while idle and only ever got “warmish” under load and no active cooling.
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True, but Factorio is natively supported on Apple Silicon and runs incredibly well on my M1 Air. I can’t even play Satisfactory.