Nigelb

It seems politically infeasible. She's basically saying we need to tax the middle class more (VAT on essentials is relatively insignificant to the wealthy). While that's probably true given our fisca… (View Post)

I've experienced very poor treatment, too, notably when my father was hospitalised. But eye treatment - possibly since much of it is elective outpatient surgery with relatively predictable outcomes -… (View Post)

Max's term, not mine (and apols for minor typos, as I'm using a phone). I agree about Sure Start. (View Post)

I strongly agree with this. And trashing everything to start again would simply multiply the number of problems. But for incremental change to work, it does require honestly trying to improve stuff. (View Post)

Further to Leon's dubious claim upthread, the federal budget for 1830 is available here: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-T-c5aeafee378406091cfeedd20670b243/pdf/GOVPUB-T-c5aeafee378406091cf… (View Post)