tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post1071921029810269897..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Those who can afford itJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-66803070899285781292009-06-28T10:51:37.405+01:002009-06-28T10:51:37.405+01:00Anon,
I understand the argument entirely. But th...Anon,<br /><br />I understand the argument entirely. But the question that I keep asking is this - what is it about rpescription charges which singles that out as something to be charged for?John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-63846585329128874762009-06-27T20:27:23.552+01:002009-06-27T20:27:23.552+01:00The government is bankrupt running up enormous deb...The government is bankrupt running up enormous debts and by extension.....so is whe Welsh Assembly. That's a good enought reason for those that can afford to.....to pay. In the future, I can guarantee you that this will be the case. Questions will also be asked as to what the government's role should actually be. We are now moving into a period in our history when life is going to get a lot harder I am afraid. The world labour force has more or less doubled in the last few years. This means that there will be more competition for finite resources which actually means that it will be the end of cheap energy and resources (water might be an exception for us Taffies if we can get control of it that is ;-) ) Basically, money is going to be a lot tighter....for governments....and individuals. We are now just experiencing the first warning shots. The credit cruch is merely one of it's symptoms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-59926101444832337822009-06-18T21:46:27.646+01:002009-06-18T21:46:27.646+01:00Universality with any benefits to the rich being c...Universality with any benefits to the rich being clawed back through the tax system has always been the way we have done things. In the 1970s we used to talk of the social wage, what citizens got back from the state, maybe that measure should be brought back?<br /><br />On the Tories proposals, it may be more expensive to collect that the funds that come in, re-erecting the bureaucracy and exempting more seems counter intuitive. For example keeping the pensioners exemption when there are some very rich pensioners seems to go counter to what they are wanting to do.Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.com