RE: Uni Health Care
August 13, 2009 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2009 at 10:20 am by LukeMC.)
As far as socialism and health care goes, I have this to say:
Knowing what it's like to be dirt poor through no fault other than the accident of being born to two far-from-wealthy parents, I can certainly relate to anybody who is unlucky enough to come into this world without much to their name. After 20-something years of hard work, my mum had to quit due to depression. It was too much work and not enough pay. Now, my dad is the sole income of the household and has to support all 4 of us. Neither of my parents go out and our holidays don't extend further than our own country.
And now someone is going to tell me that it's my parents fault? That the means to earn milliosn was in front of them but they didn't cease it?
Let us explore the history of Doncaster. Used to be a fairly successful market town with good travel links and a thriving mining industry. Then, mines get closed down, everyone goes out of work, people are competing for new jobs which don't exist, the community crumbles into violence, drugs, alcohol and stealing to make a living, and suddenly Doncaster are above the national average in all aspects of crime bar one. (http://www.findaproperty.com/crimefacts....reaid=1119)
So, my dads side of the family went out of work and my dad had to quit school to get a job and support them. My mother on the other hand was offered a place in 6th form (age 16-18 once you've finished high school). She had to turn this down and instead start working to support her family. She had no chance to qualify herself and begin to prosper.
So, do we all have the opportunity? Do we REALLY all have that damned opportunity to get rich? Of course not. It's ridiculous to even claim such. I personally DO have the opportunity, but the cost of that is my parents working themselves towards and early grave for my sake. Not everyone is as lucky as I am.
For this reason, I'd be more than happy to pay disproportionally higher taxes to serve the people with less if I had enough money to do so.
Knowing what it's like to be dirt poor through no fault other than the accident of being born to two far-from-wealthy parents, I can certainly relate to anybody who is unlucky enough to come into this world without much to their name. After 20-something years of hard work, my mum had to quit due to depression. It was too much work and not enough pay. Now, my dad is the sole income of the household and has to support all 4 of us. Neither of my parents go out and our holidays don't extend further than our own country.
And now someone is going to tell me that it's my parents fault? That the means to earn milliosn was in front of them but they didn't cease it?
Let us explore the history of Doncaster. Used to be a fairly successful market town with good travel links and a thriving mining industry. Then, mines get closed down, everyone goes out of work, people are competing for new jobs which don't exist, the community crumbles into violence, drugs, alcohol and stealing to make a living, and suddenly Doncaster are above the national average in all aspects of crime bar one. (http://www.findaproperty.com/crimefacts....reaid=1119)
So, my dads side of the family went out of work and my dad had to quit school to get a job and support them. My mother on the other hand was offered a place in 6th form (age 16-18 once you've finished high school). She had to turn this down and instead start working to support her family. She had no chance to qualify herself and begin to prosper.
So, do we all have the opportunity? Do we REALLY all have that damned opportunity to get rich? Of course not. It's ridiculous to even claim such. I personally DO have the opportunity, but the cost of that is my parents working themselves towards and early grave for my sake. Not everyone is as lucky as I am.
For this reason, I'd be more than happy to pay disproportionally higher taxes to serve the people with less if I had enough money to do so.
