Is the US officially a fascist country yet?
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Simon,
If the UK NHS is so good, why were there banners to “Save the NHS” during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis? Wasn’t the NHS originally sold to the people as a savior, not something that needed saving?
My Doctor doesn’t jump into my arms screaming: “Save me! Save me!”
Encoginator, we’ve told you before that the problem with the NHS isn’t the system itself…it is conservative governments (filled with people with a mentality like yours) who is not properly funding the system (to fund tax cuts for the rich). This is demonstrably the case as the conservative government made notable tax cuts and didn’t increase NHS spending along with inflation. The system would be totally fine if a sociopathic government wasn’t in place not properly funding a system the people need AND making torturous cuts to social programs (like homeless shelters). Basically it almost looks like the UK conservative government wants to emulate the cruel practices in many US states where social assistance is minimal and…gosh darn it wouldn’t you know…England is now suffering the same social problems that come along with these cuts like higher poverty, higher crime and social disruption. What a shock! Meanwhile in Scotland where they have some devolved powers, they are properly funding programs and they aren’t dealing with the same level of problems. The moral:
If you prefer being a cruel sociopathic society leaving people to die from simple health issues or the homeless to rot in the gutter and marginalised people living in abject poverty (people to fend for themselves)…then you will pay a very high social cost, higher levels of crime and disfunction and most of your government programs will suffer. Basically…its the cost of having a stupid sociopathic “each one for themselves” ideology.
For years I used to think this was a just an unfortunate side effect of free society. A relatively small price to pay for efficiency. Not to worry because ‘charity’ will step in and fill the need. I never understood the depth of the “us and them” divide. It has now become obvious, this silent doctrine.
Look no further than Sen. Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat believe it or not, who may hold up the $2000 stimulus checks saying he’d rather the money went to prop up businesses than people or devote the money to infrastructure projects, and if it goes to people, it should be means tested beyond the $75,000 income limit. He’s afraid, he says, that many people will just save it rather than spending it (“many people”? really?). Many Americans are 7 or more months behind on rent and mortgages and he, a rich man who gets $15,000/mo for his post in Congress, wants to fiddle fart away a few more months on hearings to set up a more elaborate disbursement system.
As for charity, there’s so much demand that food banks are turning people away who didn’t get in line before 3 a.m.
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