Posted Apr 8, 2003 by Wand'rin star
England is now effectively a one-party capitalist state and the US doesn't seem to have any socialist characteristics either. Nobody in the former communist countries of eastern Europe seems to care about the very poor or the very young or the very old.
Thank you for a great summary that I hope will provoke a lot of informed political debate 
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Posted Apr 9, 2003 by Sea Change
Has the UK lost it's National Health system?
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Posted Apr 9, 2003 by Wand'rin star
Prescriptions are no longer free. Neither are dentistry or eye tests. It's always been quicker to get treatment by seeing a specialist privately, but now it's too obviously so. The system isn't a patch on what it was, but it hasn't quite got back to as bad as it was before 1944.
The great dreams of "decent housing" and education seem rather battered too
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Posted Apr 9, 2003 by Is mise Duncan
That's what you get for he lowest personal income tax in the EU. Compared to what I paid for my denatl costs the UK health service still is free.
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Posted Apr 9, 2003 by Wand'rin star
That's the point. Low taxation isn't a socialist principle.
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