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SkyDaddy7

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24. Seriously?

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:49 PM

Aug 2012

The other poster was 100% correct about US military bases...When it comes to money wasted there are countless other more important issues than what defines a military base & how many there are. They were also correct about the fact Right Wing governments in Europe & the UK are pulling money from NHS when they should be pulling money from other sources the military being one of them.

Like you, I don't agree with the poster saying "lay-off" the military.

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(UK) NHS rationing is putting health at risk, says doctors' leader [View all] alp227 Aug 2012 OP

Well, like the USA, if they squanderd less money on useless wars the people could have some care. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #1

FIrst of All oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #7

I disagree... SoapBox Aug 2012 #10

Sorry, lost my temper oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #22

Seriously? SkyDaddy7 Aug 2012 #24

Too bad defense contractors make shit we don't need or want when they could be making things valerief Aug 2012 #15

My son lives in UK riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #2

Fix this how? dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #5

really? CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #17

But when I was in the UK a few years ago, Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #19

This was in the north of Ireland CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #20

According to the article the problems are at least partly caused by privatization. drm604 Aug 2012 #3

That's excessive expenditure on PFI's dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #4

What are PFIs? drm604 Aug 2012 #16

They're doing that here already bucolic_frolic Aug 2012 #6

I agree about the dialogue TexasBushwhacker Aug 2012 #8

same thing happened to my father, in ICU at Johns Hopkins 7 wks, gave operations & he died wordpix Aug 2012 #13

Cue GOP cherry-picking in 3..2..1... nolabear Aug 2012 #9

...ditto. SoapBox Aug 2012 #11

Are you taking this in the proper context? DavidL Aug 2012 #12

And in the UK they're having a public discussion about the problem. cheapdate Aug 2012 #14

Dudes, this is happening in the US. They call it "Managed Care." McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #18

The Conservative government government will privatize the NHS Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #21

The conservative party here in South Korea was trying to do the same thing davidpdx Aug 2012 #23