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Are you this pedantic about the non-marginal costs of all government services? This public school is free at the point of delivery or calling the police is fre
by MartinCron 8y ago
Are you this pedantic about the non-marginal costs of all government services?
This public school is free at the point of delivery or calling the police is free at the point of delivery ?
- arethuza 8y agoThe "free at the point of delivery" part is precisely how NHS services are described: https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/principles-and-values/ https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/principles-an... If you don't make that qualification people will often accuse you of being a crazy socialist that doesn't appreciate where they money is actually coming from. NB As an aside, a "public school" in the UK isn't what you think it is :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)
- MartinCron 8y agoDoh! I had a nagging suspicion about the public school thing. Now I have outed myself as an ignorant American.