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"you get a bigger and more effective state that can offer advanced services reliably"...are you kidding? The healthcare system in the UK is in danger of collaps
by kmd511 8y ago
"you get a bigger and more effective state that can offer advanced services reliably"...are you kidding? The healthcare system in the UK is in danger of collapse and likely to be bankrupt in another decade or so. A "bigger and more effective state" sounds like an oxymoron to me. Many of those countries that have high tax burdens also have a culture that values working and as such, they do not as many social parasites as we have in the US.
- oblio 8y agoThe US has many social parasites? I think you're too caught in the day-to-day to notice how things are. The US is one of the hardest-working places on the planet. You take fewer days off and work longer hours than most people. You value work too much, if anything.
- rcxdude 8y agoThe UK healthcare system is in danger of collapse because it has been slowly starved of the income it needs to operate effectively, by a government which is idealogically opposed to its existance and whose members generally stand to gain substantially from privatising it.
- waluigi 8y agoThank you for pointing this out. It seems that "Governments are ineffective" is taken as a universal truth around here, without considering the fact that pro-privatisation governments have a very strong incentive to make programs inefficient. If you want a more efficient government, vote for people who support government programs.