Comments on: Communism stalks America?

By: Kevin McConaghy

Kevin McConaghy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Oh – and welcome back – I hope you get over the jetlag quickly!Just finished listening to the youtube – quite scary stuff about the concept about these demonstrations being corporately funded and organised to benefit big business (who of course are benefiting from the status quo).It's sad to think the old "if you don't agree with us you are a communist" is still being used in such a successful "democracy". McCarthyism is alive and well in America?

By: Kevin McConaghy

Kevin McConaghy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:13:00 +0000

The majority of the public who are prepared to produce propaganda and demonstrate are the well off middle classes who can afford healthcare. The "choice" that these people want is to not share their hospitals with smelly poor people.Although I am a great supporter of the NHS, We are far from a utopia here – we still have a two tier system and inequalities between standards of care for the rich and poor.

By: John Hunt

John Hunt — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:07:00 +0000

In the UK it's also healthcare: and not just swine 'flu.It appears we have progress on euthanasia, with an interim ruling by the DPP next month which is expected to move towards decriminalising those who help in good faith.And there was a vote [before you went away] by the BMA, that praying over patients is not what doctors should be doing.But funding of health + social care desperately needs review. There's a Gov.t consultation: not welcomed by http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/latest-news/1091-100-days-to-save-dla-a-aa-from-the-axeAnd in London there are some significant staff shortages:www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/workforce/nhs-and-gp-vacancies/nhs-vacancy-survey–england-31-march-2009 22.8% "PHM & CHS group" doctors, [whatever they are],20.3% "Other Physiological Sciences",17.7% A&E doctors,17.1% Ambulance, 12.6% Other HCHS Doctors, [Hospital and Community Health Services],12.2% "Other Qualified Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff", etc..

By: Morgan Rogers

Morgan Rogers — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:44:00 +0000

I believe the argument runs "only lazy and morally degenerate people will not be able to afford healthcare". The corollary being "I can't possibly say I can't afford healthcare as that means I'm lazy and morally degenerate".Of course there has to be social policing and fire services to protect the hard working and moral from the lazy and morally degenerate – did you hear a rustling in the yard?