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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:40 am
gmc wrote: Be interesting to see what he thinks now. Personally I don't think it is what it used to be, at least there was a pretence of caring for the underdog before, now they are more openly self serving with no sense that they are doing anything wrong. I know even less about Canadadian politics than I do american.
Most people range all over the political spectrum. Libertarian in most things so long as those involved don't harm others but extreme in others. How many. for instance would agree paedophiles should be allowed any freedom at all? Thieves and thugs most people would want punished in proportion to the crime and dealt with severely if they don't take the hint. The ones I am wary of are those who feel they have the moral right ti tell others how they should live and what they can watch or read about. Book burners of any ilk.
In the UK we have different attiutudes to a lot of things. The NHS for instance, here we expect the government to provide these things-it's more a case of do it or else yet I have an impression-garnered from some forums. that many americans think this is foisted on us.
GMC
I can tell you my dad would not be pleased with the "nannyism" the union now adopts. Also the fact they enter into the political spectrum using union funds to support a party the membership have no say in. We used to laugh about a union putting in a dishwasher into a kitchen without crossing union "lines"... a plumber, carpenter, electrican, delivery guys, and the salesman at the beginning and the landfill workers were the old appliance is dumped...all for a dishwasher! I have seen how the union has broken the back of some supermarkets in California, and the workers are the ones who suffered, even going on strike for four months, returning to lower salaries and higher deductions, and the customer now pays almost double for the same consumer items. Many stores have folded and gone.
It that witless? Where does the money go? Ask the Union boss - they are so deeply organized, it is like some charitable organizations where 10% of your money actually goes to the cause.
I have strict views on crime and maladaptive members of society. If a criminal can be rehabilitated, every effort should be made to do so rather than passive incarceration at the prisoner's leisure. They should be working for the public good during their time served - for free except for personal item money. Paedophiles should only be allowed back into society if they stay on the medication maintenance program and agree to lifetime probation ini case they slip. They must also belong to a group similar to AA which they attend weekly or more often depending on their urges.
Much of the incarceration population in the U.S. belongs to the illegal immigration and drug population. Incarceration has become a huge industry bypassing education regarding facilities and workers....and unions as well.
Your health care? I wonder if Americans don't view Canadian health care more often than British. As for "foisting"....never thought that myself, but I am used to both programs: Canadian and U.S. Have no problem here because as with the Canadian program I started paying into health insurance with the very first day I began work in the U.S. I pay very little towards prescription and doctor and hospital....comparatively speaking that is.
What Americans would not like I guarantee is NOT HAVING A CHOICE. They want to belong to a health care plan they choose, not one provided by the government.
Whether the government contributes or not....has little to do with what they need ...because every family and age group has different needs when it comes to health care. I don't know the UK system at all, but I would like the option of adding a "private" choice as well as the one offered by the government, or can a person only have one system to belong to?
Most people range all over the political spectrum. Libertarian in most things so long as those involved don't harm others but extreme in others. How many. for instance would agree paedophiles should be allowed any freedom at all? Thieves and thugs most people would want punished in proportion to the crime and dealt with severely if they don't take the hint. The ones I am wary of are those who feel they have the moral right ti tell others how they should live and what they can watch or read about. Book burners of any ilk.
In the UK we have different attiutudes to a lot of things. The NHS for instance, here we expect the government to provide these things-it's more a case of do it or else yet I have an impression-garnered from some forums. that many americans think this is foisted on us.
GMC
I can tell you my dad would not be pleased with the "nannyism" the union now adopts. Also the fact they enter into the political spectrum using union funds to support a party the membership have no say in. We used to laugh about a union putting in a dishwasher into a kitchen without crossing union "lines"... a plumber, carpenter, electrican, delivery guys, and the salesman at the beginning and the landfill workers were the old appliance is dumped...all for a dishwasher! I have seen how the union has broken the back of some supermarkets in California, and the workers are the ones who suffered, even going on strike for four months, returning to lower salaries and higher deductions, and the customer now pays almost double for the same consumer items. Many stores have folded and gone.
It that witless? Where does the money go? Ask the Union boss - they are so deeply organized, it is like some charitable organizations where 10% of your money actually goes to the cause.
I have strict views on crime and maladaptive members of society. If a criminal can be rehabilitated, every effort should be made to do so rather than passive incarceration at the prisoner's leisure. They should be working for the public good during their time served - for free except for personal item money. Paedophiles should only be allowed back into society if they stay on the medication maintenance program and agree to lifetime probation ini case they slip. They must also belong to a group similar to AA which they attend weekly or more often depending on their urges.
Much of the incarceration population in the U.S. belongs to the illegal immigration and drug population. Incarceration has become a huge industry bypassing education regarding facilities and workers....and unions as well.
Your health care? I wonder if Americans don't view Canadian health care more often than British. As for "foisting"....never thought that myself, but I am used to both programs: Canadian and U.S. Have no problem here because as with the Canadian program I started paying into health insurance with the very first day I began work in the U.S. I pay very little towards prescription and doctor and hospital....comparatively speaking that is.
What Americans would not like I guarantee is NOT HAVING A CHOICE. They want to belong to a health care plan they choose, not one provided by the government.
Whether the government contributes or not....has little to do with what they need ...because every family and age group has different needs when it comes to health care. I don't know the UK system at all, but I would like the option of adding a "private" choice as well as the one offered by the government, or can a person only have one system to belong to?