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1506 and Boltar
On 02/09/2011 00:48, Nick wrote:
On Sep 1, 8:42 am, Alistair wrote: In uk.railway Sam Wilson twisted the electrons to say: In article , wrote: ... And I'm afraid that I find Conservative attitudes completely incompatible with my understanding of Christianity. I don't usually like joining in this kind of thread, but let me add an AOL here. I thought Christianity was "think of others before yourself" not "have someone else think of others so you don't have to"? -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... It would seem to me dangerously irresponsible to run a health service, or a welfare system, on the hope that random members of the general public will contribute funds to it out of the goodness of their heart. I mean, those members of the public who have a social conscience and are relatively well-off probably would, but you can't rely on it. State funding through taxes means you compel people who can afford it into giving money to support the health service and welfare, and to my mind, that's the way it should be if you want to guarantee the income as much as practically possible. Although there are others ways of organising health care than the way we do it. For some reason we look at only a 1950s dream of the NHS or a stereotyped view of the USA. We never ask whether Continental European streets are actually full of dying babies as a result of not doing things just like the NHS does. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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