Ok out comes the soap box for a rant!

Has anyone read about the Govts plan to privatise the NHS?

Now i do believe that this is a service that we all contribute to via our NI contributions? Does this mean that we can all expect a reduction in our contributions? That i will believe if i see it happen! The NHS has been erroded away for years! We now pay for Dentistry and Opticians So the medical side is the next step?

How about road tax? that was supposed to maintain our network of potholes! sorry i mean roads!

Council tax! Lol mine is now 1/12 of my take home pay! if they go back to the Elizabethan formula of assessing it according to the view from our windows does that mean a reduction because my view is of black refuse sacks and commercial vehicles 24/7? But honestly do we get value for money for this tax!

How about the myriad of small stealth taxs that we all now take for granted? We pay higher duties than most other European countries! Sure their cost of living is cheaper! but if as Blair and Co say we are Europeans surely our prices should be commensurate with those of our European partners

RANT OVER FOR NOW
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Privatisation is the legal theft of state assests.

Im not a screaming communist, but things like the NHS and public transport were designed to be avaiiable for All the citizens of Britain, not just those who can afford the services. They are doing the same thing here in Ireland, that Thatcher did to the NHS. They are screwing the public health system and pumping all the money on the private one. Most of this cash goes on consultants, builders, back handers and various other parasites, who are more concerned about maximising profit than facilitating service. I don't know the details of Britains politicians or business but id lay money that a lot of these 's have a personal stake in the private system, be it investment or greased palms.

I have no problem with business, and i can see the virtues of competition in encouraging growth and low prices, but the reason we pay taxes in the first place is to ensure that essential state services run at maximum efficency no matter what happens! If we redefine this criteria in terms of value for money, then unprofitable services such as hosptials in the middle of nowhere or in extreme rural areas will be closed down. Tough luck for the people who depend on it, i guess they should have reproduced more.

The hospital in County Monaghan in Ireland was closed down a few years ago. This means that people have to go to the neighbouring county to give birth. Although people will obviously turn a blind eye to it, The monaghan football and hurling team, won't strictly have any monaghan players in it in 20 years Its funny, but its not at the same time

i wish i could pay taxes in the uk .... income tax is sooo low..it is almost a tax heaven compared to other countries

An interesting note!

It was a Labour Govt that created the Welfare State! Now a Labour Govt is hell bent on destroying it! This may sound like i'm being racist but it really doesn't pay to be a British resident or Tax payer anymore! Soon there will be no such thing as a state pension! welfare state or even an equitable taxation system! look at yourself you are now expected to work til your 68, if you require a nursing home you have to sell everything you have worked for to fund it! If you die at home death duties are imposed on your estate and it's a fact that this is now reaching down to the lower income brackets!

It is actually amazing how many people forget history and still vote for a so called Socialist Party who are more like the 19th century Tories than anything else!
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You are so right there! Jeggea.

Wave a tiny bag of gold in front of a drones face and they go brain dead! Look at the way Brown always increases benefits just before an election!

Last time round was the 1st time in years i can remember the knock on door type of electioneering! the Labour guy turned up in a spanking new Jag and the Tory in a Mondeo spattered with cow shit! Both of them expounded the virtues of what their parties intended to do for the unemployed etc! i managed to keep a straight face when i suggested that the local BNP candidate spouted more economic good sense than they did!
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