... Paul "Petey" Ryan, running mate of Romney.
... written in The Times by Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
In the UK, we as a people through the ballot box, have decided that our imperfect NHS, a service that is totally inclusive, is a better civilised solution to health care than the models that Ryan and chums subscribe to.
For the little people, those who have been denied opportunity by accident of birth, working with asbestos during the 20th century developed incomprehensible debilitation by virtue of occupation. These people produced products used by all, produced products upon which vast fortunes were made. This is the single example needed to justify an inclusive health service is provided by all to everyone with a need.
The little people need this service when their earnings hover around the poverty level ....
Professional politicans rarely experience this type of need .......
... written in The Times by Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
Mitt Romney’s running mate in his campaign to become the next US President has been sharply critical of the NHS, claiming that free healthcare distorts the democratic process because it makes patients dependent on government help.
Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman who was announced on Saturday as the Republican vice-presidential contender, has also compared the British economy to those of Greece and Ireland, saying the “day of reckoning” has already arrived in all three countries.
The remarks are likely to cause further transatlantic friction after Mr Romney’s troubled visit to Britain last month in which he criticised preparations for the Olympics.
Mr Ryan’s attack on the NHS was part of an effort to stop President Obama’s healthcare reforms, which the Republican said would put the US "on a glide path toward European-style socialism". He wrote in the Wall Street Journal: "We need only look to Great Britain and elsewhere to see the effects of socialised healthcare on the broader economy. Once a large number of citizens get their healthcare from the State, it dramatically alters their attachment to government.
Our NHS is not "European-style socialism", its a recognition that we are all dependent on one another at some point in life. A recognition that there are aspects of life that require just a little more intervention than the markets.
"Every time a tax cut is proposed, the guardians of the new medical-welfare state will argue that tax cuts would come at the expense of healthcare — an argument that would resonate with middle-class families entirely dependent on the government for access to doctors and hospitals." The analysis came in 2009, in an article co-written with Peter Wehner, a former adviser to President Bush.
In the UK, we as a people through the ballot box, have decided that our imperfect NHS, a service that is totally inclusive, is a better civilised solution to health care than the models that Ryan and chums subscribe to.
For the little people, those who have been denied opportunity by accident of birth, working with asbestos during the 20th century developed incomprehensible debilitation by virtue of occupation. These people produced products used by all, produced products upon which vast fortunes were made. This is the single example needed to justify an inclusive health service is provided by all to everyone with a need.
The little people need this service when their earnings hover around the poverty level ....
.......... so we award the Full of Shit medal to Paul "Petey" Ryan, not a friend of the little people.
