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To think the USA and UK should become 1 country

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FortyDoorsToNowhere · 31/12/2013 00:08

As the title says.

I think it should happen, not sure why exactly other than to pool out resources.

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willyoulistentome · 31/12/2013 00:33

Just....NO!!!

GobbySadcase · 31/12/2013 00:34

Errrrrr......

Nah.

LaurieFairyCake · 31/12/2013 00:34

The nhs isn't perfect but it's a damn sight better than what the US has surely?

CustardoPaidforIDSsYFronts · 31/12/2013 00:35

I could look at it this way...there is a definate chips and gravy gap in the market....land of opportunity etc. bill gates would have shit all on me

and i'll have a gun :)

goinggreyagain · 31/12/2013 00:36

If you have good health insurance and then can afford the co pays etc the health care here is very good, in saying that its probably just like private in the UK.

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 31/12/2013 00:37

I may be a little drunk and not thought of the ins and outs.

But I know a lot of people who have the American dream and that where the thread come from. I should have said that in the OP

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wobblyweebles · 31/12/2013 00:37

Anyone else here actually tried living in both countries? I'm curious as to what they think.

I don't even think the US is really one single country in many ways. The problem often is that people perceive it to be.

NatashaBee · 31/12/2013 00:37

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DoYouLikeMyBaubles · 31/12/2013 00:38

Why would anyone even think about this haha! Why would we want this?

Do they do fish and chips over there?

goinggreyagain · 31/12/2013 00:38

I grew up in the UK and came here when I was 20. I agree with you wobbly about the US being so different, I am in NJ and when I go to parts of Texas etc it is like a different world.

Sleepyhead33 · 31/12/2013 00:38

Well exactly so what is the problem with the NHS that is far superior to anything that anyone without a private healthcare equivalent in the US would receive??? Confused???

MardyBra · 31/12/2013 00:39

The American dream is that you can "make it" if you try. But if you have any disability or are not capable of "making it" then you fall by the wayside.

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 31/12/2013 00:39

I know all the USA States have diffrent laws and diffrent ways of life. The UK in it self would just be another state.

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NatashaBee · 31/12/2013 00:40

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lessonsintightropes · 31/12/2013 00:40

I've spent a lot of time in the US (visited 30 states so far and have another few planned for the next few months), a lot of friends over there too.

One of the reasons I love travelling there so much is because the US feels amazingly foreign to me in terms of attitudes etc, but because we share a common language and they are quite chatty, generally, it's interesting to explore the differences.

The US (barring the exceptionalism of the coasts) is a lot more conservative and religious than the UK, and is only likely to become more so with immigration from Latin America, Asia and Africa. It's a fascinating place and somewhere I love dearly - wouldn't keep on going back if I didn't - but think that culturally we are two thirds of the way to being European in terms of social attitudes etc and only one third towards the US, therefore the cultural difference would be too great to integrate properly.

However, the US is by no means homogenous - Louisiana, California, Alaska, New York and Dakota are more different from each other than are the UK, Poland, Slovakia and Italy, for example. It'll never happen for reasons of pure geography, and increasingly, race and tribalism - but I hope we don't lose our historical links, as I think there's a lot we can learn from each other (including things we could do better than the other cf gun crime; social equality etc etc).

Sleepyhead33 · 31/12/2013 00:40

Sorry x posts. Meant in reply to goinggreyagain

willyoulistentome · 31/12/2013 00:41

What do you mean you can't get Peperamis. Tescos have them.

CustardoPaidforIDSsYFronts · 31/12/2013 00:41

NO VINEGAR Shock

MardyBra · 31/12/2013 00:42

"I think it should happen, not sure why exactly other than to pool out resources."

So there's no reason then. And exactly which resources were you thinking of pooling?

wobblyweebles · 31/12/2013 00:42

It is true - malt vinegar is hard to find. Could be a dealbreaker?

DoYouLikeMyBaubles · 31/12/2013 00:43

No fucking vinegar? What sort of nonsense is this?!

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Onesleeptillwembley · 31/12/2013 00:43

Fuck off!

wobblyweebles · 31/12/2013 00:43

I will say that you never ever want to have to fill in a US tax return. It is worth the UK staying separate just to avoid that.

goinggreyagain · 31/12/2013 00:44

Sleepy I am actually a huge fan of the NHS, my point was that your really can't compare US healthcare to the NHS you can only compare the US system to the private in the UK iykwim.

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 31/12/2013 00:44

Like money and knowledge.

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