Socialism: Doin’ You in the Ass, Financially

Tonight, we booked our tickets to go to England for the holidays. Of the $311 in taxes and charges added on to the super cheap $832 ($416/ea) ticket price, $202 of that was from the UK.

The Husband’s reaction was, “Damn you BROWN!”

Mine was, “And this is why socialism — even democratic socialism — sucks.”

So there we are, done in the ass by a country whose socialized medicine (which I’ve used while living there, mind you) and anti-gun laws should show the people of the US exactly why socialized medicine and anti-gun laws aren’t miracles and are Very Bad Things. And the next time you think “Yay, socialism!” remember the taxes, the sneaky, fuck-you-in-the-ass taxes you don’t even notice until you go “holy shit, that’s the manufacturer’s price?” such as UK airline passenger tax or VAT.