Monday, December 29, 2014

Illegal drugs and prostitution prop up British economy

Illegal drugs and prostitution prop up British economy:
"It seems that the United Kingdom is desperate enough to show growth that it has abandoned any notion of pride.
In the latest measuring of world economies England managed to edge past long-time rival France to become the world’s 5th largest economy.
According to the UK’s Telegraph.co.uk, the change in status came after “a shake-up of national accounts this summer.” 
They also note that the UK now includes illegal drug use and prostitution as economic factors which is apparently a rule of the European Union. 
According to official estimates, prostitution added 5.7 billion pounds to the UK economy in 2013.
At the same time, illegal drugs added another 6.62 billion pounds or 8.87 billion dollars and 10.3 billion dollars respectively.
According to Zerohedge.com, the inclusion of this data shows just how prevalent it is in the UK. While tobacco and wine are the clear favorite intoxicants, wine is closely followed by illegal drugs and both eclipse liquor and beer.
The people of the United Kingdom now spend more money on illegal drugs and prostitution (when the numbers are combined) than they do on shoes, dairy products, and vegetables. 
They only spent a slight amount more on household furnishings and electricity.
To make matters worse, the prostitution figures don’t include male prostitutes, which evidently make up 42 percent of sex workers in the UK. 
If those numbers were added, they very well could surpass what people in the UK spend on electricity or gas.

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