I would certainly welcome a greater spend on those other areas you cited, MC, but not from the health budget. Welfare I don't understand, not having an informed opinion on it (as i suspect many of its supporters don't). Personally I would be happier to pay more tax to fund the areas you cite.
My last line I don't really buy into - it's just a good saying bought into by those who have never had to make hard decisions.

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JC - to take up your point about taxation.
I would reverse and redress the %s paid to welfare and health.
There are thirteen other debits shown on my own tax
summary, including environment, education, national debt
interest, housing and utilities, transport, and defence.
For a start, the amount paid to environment is nearly
fifteen times LESS that the welfare debit; that paid
to education down to half that sum; that paid to the
national debt interest five times less; that paid to
housing and utilities over sixteen times less; that paid
to transport over eight times less, and that paid to
defence nearly five times less.
Any of these would obtain my approval for a substantial
redress in my pensioner's tax burden, in particular the
environment, education and housing/utilities.
Well, you asked...:-))

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I suppose it begs the question, MC, "What would you want your tax spent on?"

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My tax return arrived recently. The "welfare" debit was
the largest slice of the cake - around 25%, with "health"
second at app. 20%. The listed other social essentials to which I still contribute in my pensioner's existence fell way behind these two to make up the remaining 55% or so
of the amount paid. There is surely a need to address this unworkable state of affairs, and the sooner the better if
the shit is not to hit the proverbial fan...and I don't mean
the footie variety. :-)

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Thanks, Tommy. "My best yet" doesn't have a lot to beat!

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Sorrel and worrel (what will)?! Your best yet John.

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Thanks, Harry. Yes, "skunk'll" took a bit of knocking in to rhyme with"uncle".
(But "shit'll" and "it'll" are pretty good too)

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John, I once did `shit`ll` and `It`ll` but I bow to skunk`ll
and uncle.

(The whole point of Osborne trying to grab that benefit money - which he will get anyway later - was to fix it in time for the next election...but he got his eye blacked)

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