Guernsey Inbreeding

A good friend of mine has recently relocated to Singapore from California. Seen the best of two worlds, Wendy enjoys her new life to the fullest. Yesterday she published in her website the tax table of Singapore, which shows income of less than SGD320,000 p.a. (= USD 246,000; GBP156,000; SFR 236,000) at a tax rate of 17% tops (up to 40,000 the rate is 8.5%).

In response I wrote to her:

LOL... I have known the tax table for years, and wouldn't mind to object myself to such taxation again. Again, because I did enjoy the tax rate in Guernsey of 10 per cent on my income there.

However, to be fair, Singapore operates as an independent city state, while Guernsey is a parasital inbreeding entity within the UK. While Singapore contributes to the economies of neighbouring states, Guernsey is a basket case that costs British taxpayers £190 million a year to sustain.

The pride of locals: typical dwellings scattered around Guernsey

The cosmopolitan, modern flair of Singapore is in stark contrast to the barren, desolate, delapitated and barren rock called Guernsey. Considering the poverty and desolation that exists on Guernsey, the navel-gazing pride of the inbred islanders is grotesque and bizarre. I always called Guernsey the Alcatraz of Europe.