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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

People don't work like that and there are costs your aren't rationalising.

Things like pensions, healthcare, PTO, lower crime. But even then I think most people want to stay at home. So a large difference will cause a large movement when times are bad. But a small price difference isn't going to cause all the UK medical staff to move like a perfect competitive market.

UK people need to be paid more, bit not the same as the US.