The bad thing about income tax in the UK is that is has stayed the same way for too long. Currently, I think anyone earning over £38,000 ($68,000) pays something like 40% of their earnings to tax. Nowadays, there are a lot more people in the UK earning way over that bracket and well people earning say £50,000 a year have to pay that 40% because the government are scared to move it because they face an amazing amount of loss in tax if they were to raise the 40% bracket to say £60,000 ($110,000). Tax over here sucks, and VAT (Value Added Tax) is way too high. I mean take this for example:
I bought some RAM from the US for £185, and then paid £10 postage to get it to me. Now that's a lot for RAM, but the cheapest I found it over here was well over £250
I also have to wait a week for it to reach me, but it's worth it as I'm saving over £50.
Our VAT is charged at 17.5%, and personally, I think that is also way too high