On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:22:52 +0000 (GMT), John Cartmell
wrote:

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
Like healthcare, I think that it should be handled through a voucher
system whereby the state or local authority provides vouchers to all
users of services that are adequate to fund it.

Are you willing to pay the additional costs of such a system and do you
appreciate that it will demolish the very best of the system we have at the
moment?

I did and do.

I pay money to the local authority based in some way loosely on
property value. That has little or nothing to do with usage of the
education and not a lot more to do with ability to pay.

I paid for private primary and secondary education out of income at
highest marginal rate because state education has become woefully
inadequate. I received nothing back from the local authority for
that.

There should be something at least as a tax break or as a contribution
from the local authority for education. I'm perfectly happy to pay
into the pot for those who wish to use the state system, but I do
think that the state should at least recompense the equivalent amount
spent in the state system to educate a child to those wishing to
choose an alternative.


Healthcare?

Healthcare is even worse. The same bad principles apply, the state
service is a mess and should have been shut down years ago. All of
the above taxes apply, plus additional ones if an employer provides
health insurance as a benefit.

Best go socialist. Cuba has a far lower infant mortality rate than the USA.

There's never a good reason to go socialist. It is against the
natural order of things.


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..andy