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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
That wasn't a dig at your own background , just pointing out that if you were to go sick where everybody 'bettered themselves' who would clean your hospitals? who would cook your meals for you? Ambulance Staff , Hospital porters , forget it.
Nurses are some of the lowest paid public sector workers out there , hell some nurses who work in London can't afford to even live there . Would you like them to all up & leave to become accountants or lawyers too?
And their wages wouldn't get better under the private sector either , they'd just go & hire cheap labour from Asia / eastern Europe / Philippines because they have their shareholders to think of.
Of course it's perfectly OK for you to have your 'me me me' opinion. Let's hope you'll never be in the situation where you have to appreciate the long hours & low wages that these people have to deal with to make your life better.
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There will always be the poor. I know that. I also know that there is enough wealth in the world for everyone to be well off. Yes, it's true. According to economist Bjorn Lumborg, in 20 years the lower class in Asia will be as well off (on the whole, not all of them) as America's middle class. As a globe we are getting wealthier, thanks in large part to implentation of competition throughout the globe.
Merit systems > tradition. ANYONE can move up the ladder if they show drive and aptitude. Again, I think this is merely a fundamental point we disagree on. I see and respect your position, but to me the idea of UHC is repugnant as well as immoral.