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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:36 PM Original message |
Guardian UK: Thank heaven for the NHS (How dare the Republicans badmouth our free healthcare system) |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's all good, but The Benny Hill re-runs just to get NHS??? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Do they get House or True Blood? I don't think |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No but you get Torchwood, Dr. Who and Being Human |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Complete without adverts too. nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. darn tootin' |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Health-Reform Rhetoric Gets Personal for Britons |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. The NHS is not "free". It is paid for by taxes. The RW always |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. it costs less in taxes |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They pay less in taxes for healthcare than we pay in taxes for healthcare. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I understand that and thanks for pointing that out. Still not "free" though. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. It is at least as free as War.... |
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moonbatmax (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Well, I look at it this way: |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Yep, here's the figures. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yours, but inside America, common sense is replaced by some form of psychosis. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. my point was about the use of the word "free" not supporting our system |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Yes, I did understand your point, no confusion. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Actually it's paid for through National Insurance contributions. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Could you expand on the means testing component? It's OK to use |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I was being general here by saying that a US system should be means tested. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Thanks a lot! One quick ? How much % is pension v. health? nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I can't give an exact answer since there's been so many changes... |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Cool - I can and probably should look it up myself. Thanks again. nt |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Of course the NHS is not "free" |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Republicans sure know how to win friends and influence people worldwide |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm really tired of the Guardian article blaming the right wing in America |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Technically he is a member of the European Parliament (MEP) not |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, thanks, then it's all okay. ;) |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I got your point. Just thought you may want to know. My bad. nt |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. And he's getting pilloried for it now |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Not having clicked the link, that already sounds like Dan Hanann |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I believe it is him. He was on Glenn Beck the other day |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Gobshite? I think that's my new favorite word. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. It was and he was |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Trouble is, Hannan's views are shared by many Tories |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. My husband might disagree with you |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I've come across enough Tories in my time to know what they are like. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. That was the opposition back then |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. True dat |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Clearly the fact that there's one Brit dumb enough to oppose free healthcare invalidates everything |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Guardian is a left-of-centre publication. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. We have our RW nuts too. |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. WRONG. The Tories support the NHS... |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. And Cameron had a child with cerebral palsy, |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's the Republicans who don't want Grandma to get new false teeth at 97. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. K&R - why the hech aren't the Dems getting the message out there that national health care WORKS, |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. k&r - Dems, don't be the enemies of the American people |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. k & a BIG R & hear hear! |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Pubs Knockin' the NHS |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
36. K&R! Republicans think that every dollar spent on health care is better spent on WMD! Oh, the irony! |
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