Slick, "the private sector can provide super...

2011-09-26T14:44:57.207+01:00

Slick,

"the private sector can provide superior health and education cheaper"

It's hard to agree when we look at the USA.

Netherlands a good example of heath and education?...

2011-09-26T14:34:22.241+01:00

Netherlands a good example of heath and education?! You must be joking. "Wonderful" Netherlands healthcare system has left my child severely handicapped with brain damage at the age of 4: we were insured, but didn't have insurance papers on us, as we were in a women's refuge at the time. The Dutch doctor was called it at night when she was in convultions; he came in and before he even opened his suitcase, he started arguing who is going to give him his 100 guilders (£30) for his night visit, while a child was dying in front of him. Even a Dutch receptionist girl started to cry and to shout at him: "I'll give you that money, just do something!" So, please spare me your fairytales about "good health and education" in that semi-Nazi land (my child was mixed blood, you see). The British "briulliant" NHS system has finally finished her off a month ago, when she died of a heart condition, right on her 18th birthday - that in all our almost 15 years here none of these "fantastic" doctors managed to spot (my girl lost her speech as a result of the Dutch healthcare and could not explain or show herself where she had pain). In the USSR, Cuba, in North Kprea the whole population has full (and free of charge) annual health checks. No annual health checks for the whole population in Western "rich" countries: "too expensive" (would leave them with no money to bomb Libya, I guess!).
As for education, if you wish your child to know how to pull a condom on a cucumber, but barely be able to spell and to count after completing a primary school - yes, send him (or her) to the Netherlands! I lived in that hole for 8 years, so I know very well what I am talking about.

My prediction, Reds to win , Suarez to score, came...

2011-09-26T12:18:43.460+01:00

My prediction, Reds to win , Suarez to score, came up trumps.The best solution to Ireland's mess is to give everybody over the age of 18 a basic income of €12,000 per annum.Abolish income tax and vat as well as all welfare payments,therby eliminating poverty traps, tax land instead.Try reading the late TCD economist Raymond Crotty.Public services are too expensive, the private sector can provide superior health and education cheaper, The Netherlands being a good example.

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