The graphs are a bit oddly selected

and it seems quite a convoluted way of saying that...

The US is an outlier

We map pretty closely with European countries, but have hiked taxes to pay down debt rather than improve services (in contrast to European countries).

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I guess it all has to be seen in the light of our economy being less buffered than the larger & nested economies of the US & EU.

Nevertheless, we're not doing badly (at a country level, if not at a man on the street level), and have recently rejoined the top 5 GDPwise, overtaking india who we'd dropped behind in 2024.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary, Apr 29, 09:57:02