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On 28/05/2021 20:35, Joey wrote:


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On 27/05/2021 13:31, soup wrote:
On 26/05/2021 19:45, ARW wrote:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...d2019estimates



figure 4.

And?


The all-you-can-eat-for-free NHS health care model is doomed.


Mindlessly silly.

Only to someone who -

1) refuses to accept the blinding obvious
2) actually believes that the government has any money, never mind
lots of it
3) thinks it is OK for the BoE to print £300 Billion and immediately
"buy" it all back.


Even before Covid-19 the UK debt as a percentage of GDP was projected
to double by 2040 once all the baby boomers started reaching 85+


That stupidly assumes taxation levels dont change.

Which won't happen if the electorate don't vote for it.
Remember what happened when Ed Miliband and Theresa May made their
proposals for increased taxation.

What the West needs is a global pandemic. Oh dear, what happened ?.


Hasnt killed anything like enough in the UK to fix the NHS problem and
won't now.


The next one might