Name: 英國經濟正在崩潰，其嚴重程度遠超您的預期 (UK Economy Is Collapsing, And Its Far Worse Than You Expect)
Uploaded: 2025-09-15T18:06:27.000Z
Duration: 11 min 39 s

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The British economy is collapsing, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding accountability.

英國經濟正在崩潰，數十萬人走上街頭要求問責。

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People are angry that their country is collapsing, they cannot possibly find a job, and it doesn't seem like everything will recover any time soon.

人們對國家的崩潰感到憤怒，他們找不到工作，而且似乎一切都不會很快恢復。

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And if you listen to the media, sometimes it seems like it's all the fault of the immigrants.

如果你聽媒體的報道，有時似乎這一切都是移民的錯。

If you look at the statistics, it's very clear that over the last 30 years, the UK has received a lot of immigrants, millions of people have flooded the UK.

如果你看一下統計數據，就會非常清楚地看到，在過去 30 年裡，英國接收了大量移民，數百萬人湧入英國。

And that's why by looking at this graph alone, it might look like the plan of the government is to replace the native population.

這就是為什麼單看這張圖，就會覺得政府的計劃是要取代在地人口。

However, if you dig down into the problems of the UK, you will find out that the immigrants are the scapegoats, and the situation is way worse than most people imagine.

然而，如果你深入研究英國的問題，就會發現移民才是替罪羊，情況比大多數人想象的要糟糕得多。

If you look at the government's tax revenues over the last 20 years, you will quickly see that they haven't actually been growing much.

如果你看看過去 20 年裡政府的稅收收入，你很快就會發現實際上並沒有增長多少。

For example, in 2005, the British government has received around 400 billion pounds, which seems like a lot of money.

例如，2005 年，英國政府收到了約 4000 億英鎊，這似乎是一筆不小的數目。

By 2019, that number has grown to 600 thousand pounds, which is a 50 percent increase.

到 2019 年，這一數字已增至 60 萬磅，增長了 50%。

But by looking at this, it might seem, yes, the British government is doing a good job.

但從這一點來看，英國政府似乎做得不錯。

However, let's take a look at how much the British government has been spending over the exact same course.

然而，讓我們看看英國政府在完全相同的過程中花費了多少錢。

In 2005, the government's tax revenues were about 520 billion pounds.

2005 年，政府的稅收收入約為 5200 億英鎊。

到 2019 年，這一數字增加了 830 個。

Now if you compare these two numbers, you will quickly see a very easy and simple pattern, that the British government, over this entire course of time, has been overspending.

如果比較一下這兩個數字，你很快就會發現一個非常簡單易懂的規律，那就是英國政府在整個過程中一直在超支。

Now the real question is, where do you get the money that you don't have?

現在真正的問題是，你從哪裡得到你沒有的錢？

Where do you get your money that you don't have?

The British government, over the last 30 years, has been over-relying on debt, especially after the 2008 financial crisis when everything crashed.

過去 30 年來，英國政府一直過度依賴債務，尤其是在 2008 年金融危機之後，一切都崩潰了。

The British government realized that, if we are not going to bail out the entire economy, we are going to fall behind everyone else, and we will no longer be one of the largest economies in the world.

英國政府意識到，如果我們不拯救整個經濟，我們將落後於其他人，我們將不再是世界上最大的經濟體之一。

I mean, today, the British economy is not like second or third or fourth, it's far behind even Japan, it's like what, the sixth largest economy?

我的意思是，今天，英國經濟已經不是第二、第三或第四了，它甚至遠遠落後於日本，大概是第六大經濟體吧？

But if it did not bail out its economy today, it might not even be the top 10 largest economies.

但是，如果它今天不拯救自己的經濟，它甚至可能無法躋身十大經濟體之列。

So the major problem that the British government faced over the last 30 years is that, we are spending more than we are earning.

是以，英國政府在過去 30 年中面臨的主要問題是，我們的支出超過了收入。

What do you think is the solution when you are actually spending more than you are earning?

當你的實際支出超過你的收入時，你認為該如何解決？

It's very easy, it's very straightforward, you don't have to be a genius to come up with that solution.

這非常簡單，非常直接，你不必是天才也能想出解決辦法。

And that's, you start earning as much money as you are spending, or of course, you should just cut your spending, which would be the most logical and normal thing to do.

這就是，你開始賺的錢和你花的錢一樣多，當然，你也應該減少開支，這才是最合理、最正常的做法。

But it seems like, in today's world, people do not want to downgrade their lives.

但在當今世界，人們似乎並不想降低自己的生活等級。

I mean, you can do that on your personal level, but when we are talking about the government, the government should be accountable.

我的意思是，你可以在個人層面上這樣做，但當我們談論政府時，政府應該負起責任。

Imagine tomorrow, the British government will say, we are going to cut the funding for NHS, for example, or we will stop paying pensions for a certain number of people.

試想一下，明天英國政府會說，我們將削減對 NHS 的撥款，例如，我們將停止為一定數量的人支付養老金。

Do you think people will be happy about that?

你認為人們會為此感到高興嗎？

I mean, people are not even getting re-elected in the UK, I mean, the average lifespan of a prime minister is like, what, a year, two, three?

我的意思是，在英國，人們甚至不能連任，我的意思是，首相的平均壽命大概是一年、兩年還是三年？

That is in the best case scenario, I mean, some people stay there literally for a couple of months.

這是在最好的情況下，我是說，有些人在那裡一住就是幾個月。

But anyways, but in order to grow your revenues, in order to grow the tax revenues, you have to understand how the tax revenues work in the UK in the first place.

但無論如何，要想增加收入，要想增加稅收，首先必須瞭解英國的稅收是如何運作的。

This is where the British government gets its money from.

And you can quickly see that three sources of revenues are the major sources for the UK government.

你很快就會發現，英國政府的主要收入來源有三個。

Number one, it's the income tax, secondly, NIC, and thirdly, value added tax.

首先是所得稅，其次是個人所得稅，第三是增值稅。

Now income tax is the exact same income tax that you pretty much pay almost everywhere across the globe.

現在，所得稅與您在全球各地幾乎都要繳納的所得稅完全相同。

In the UK or in the US, you have the normal income tax.

在英國或美國，您需要繳納正常的所得稅。

All across the globe, in every single European country or developed country, you have an income tax.

在全球範圍內，每一個歐洲國家或發達國家都有所得稅。

The second way or the second source of income is NIC.

第二種方式或第二種收入來源是國家所得稅。

And that's pretty much like the national insurance contribution, which is very similar to what you pay in the US as a payroll tax, and most countries do have that as well.

這與國民保險繳費差不多，與美國的工資稅非常相似，大多數國家也有這種稅。

And the third source of income is value added tax.

Now value added tax is very similar to a sales tax, but the only difference between them is that, I mean, this is a huge difference, by the way, that a sales tax is paid at the end of the day when the final product is sold.

現在，增值稅與銷售稅非常相似，但它們之間唯一的區別是，我是說，順便說一下，這是一個巨大的區別，銷售稅是在最終產品售出時支付的。

But the value added tax is paid at every stage of the production.

但增值稅在生產的每個階段都要繳納。

So you make far more money from value added tax than you make from a sales tax.

是以，從增值稅中賺到的錢要比從銷售稅中賺到的錢多得多。

So these three sources of revenue are the major sources for the British government.

是以，這三個收入來源是英國政府的主要收入來源。

So now let's imagine, put yourself in the shoes of the British government.

現在讓我們設想一下，設身處地地為英國政府想想。

They're sitting there and they're thinking, how can we grow the revenues of the government?

他們坐在那裡思考，如何才能增加政府收入？

And they look at this graph, they're like, can we tax the corporations more?

他們看到這張圖，就會想，我們能對企業徵收更多的稅嗎？

Well, corporations aren't paying much of taxes.

Yes, 11% is a huge number, I'm not arguing against that.

是的，11% 是個很大的數字，我並不反對。

But if you compare it to these three, then it's not literally that big of a deal.

但如果與這三者相比，那就不是什麼大問題了。

And if we start taxing the corporations more, I mean, so many millionaires, so many rich people, so many businesses have already left the UK.

如果我們開始對企業徵收更多的稅，我的意思是，那麼多的百萬富翁、那麼多的富人、那麼多的企業已經離開了英國。

If we tax them more, more rich people will leave the UK.

如果我們對他們徵收更多的稅，就會有更多的富人離開英國。

There's so many places all across the globe where you can move and live a far better life.

全球有很多地方都可以讓你移居，過上更好的生活。

So we're not going to touch the corporations, especially they're the ones who are funding our campaigns or political campaigns.

是以，我們不會去碰那些公司，尤其是那些為我們的競選或政治活動提供資金的公司。

於是，他們想出了一個絕妙的計劃。

We are going to check people or we are going to help people from all across the globe to come to the UK and get employed.

我們將檢查人們的情況，或者我們將幫助全球各地的人們來英國就業。

So we will make this process much easier and much more legal.

是以，我們將使這一過程變得更加容易和合法。

When they get to the UK, they will find a job and they will have an income.

到了英國，他們就會找到工作，就會有收入。

And when we are going to tax this income, that is the most brilliant plan that you can possibly come up with.

當我們要對這些收入徵稅時，這是你能想出的最聰明的計劃。

And that's how we are going to force people to pay more taxes.

我們就是要這樣迫使人們繳納更多的稅款。

When you get a job, you're going to pay income tax.

當你找到一份工作時，你就必須支付 NIC。

And at the end of the day, if you want to live, you have to spend money.

說到底，要想活下去，就得花錢。

You're going to go to Tesco, you're going to buy stuff, you're going to order yourself a cab, you will get yourself a car, you will buy a house, you will do all sorts of things and you will have to pay a value added tax.

你要去樂購，你要買東西，你要叫計程車，你要買車，你要買房，你要做各種各樣的事情，而你必須支付增值稅。

So if we don't have a solution to grow the economy, we can use a quick solution.

是以，如果我們沒有經濟增長的解決方案，我們可以使用快速解決方案。

Just try to attract talent or at least people who want to find a job and have a decent life.

只要努力吸引人才，或者至少吸引那些想找到工作、過上體面生活的人。

我們還是把他們送到英國去吧。

And that's exactly, if you look at the number of immigration to the UK, it started growing dramatically.

正是如此，如果你看看移民到英國的人數，它開始急劇增長。

And that's because the UK government purposely made it easier for people to come to the UK for the British economy not to collapse, for the British government not to collapse.

這是因為英國政府為了英國經濟不崩潰、英國政府不垮臺，特意讓人們更容易來到英國。

People have been paying taxes in order to have a good pension and now 30 years later we can look into the eyes of these people and tell them, you know, you've been paying pensions, but we took that money, we don't even know how we spend that money.

人們一直在納稅，以獲得良好的養老金，30 年後的今天，我們可以看著這些人的眼睛告訴他們，你知道，你們一直在繳納養老金，但我們拿了那些錢，我們甚至不知道我們如何使用這些錢。

So yeah, you know what, you're not going to receive your pension.

所以，是的，你知道嗎，你領不到養老金了。

I mean, you cannot possibly do that as a government, otherwise there is going to be like a revolution tomorrow.

我的意思是，作為政府，你不可能這樣做，否則明天就會有一場革命。

And that's why you simply bring more people who are going to pay those taxes.

這就是為什麼你只需讓更多的人來繳納這些稅款。

You take this money and you pay the pensions for people.

你拿著這筆錢，為人們支付養老金。

If you look at the number of tax revenues in 2020, suddenly you see that there is a real decline from over 600 billion pounds to 556.

如果你看看 2020 年的稅收數量，你會突然發現，稅收收入確實從 6000 多億英鎊下降到 5560 億英鎊。

While at first glance, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

雖然乍看起來沒什麼大不了的。

Maybe we had a crisis and now we just made less money.

也許我們遇到了危機，現在只是賺的錢少了。

But let's on the other side, look at the government's revenue.

但讓我們從另一個角度來看看政府的收入。

And suddenly you see that government's revenue skyrocketed to 1.1 trillion pounds.

突然間，你會發現政府的收入猛增至 1.1 萬億英鎊。

Suddenly, imagine you are spending 100% more than you are earning.

突然間，想象一下你的支出比收入高出 100%。

Imagine you're making like $100,000 and you're spending $200,000.

想象一下，你掙 10 萬美元，卻要花 20 萬美元。

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