So not only do the young now need to pay for the pensions of the old (and their own) they also need to pay for the healthcare of the old but also fund their own. Seems a bit unfair don't it? Is it a … (View Post)

Of course not Foxy but how do we get some sense of intergenerational equity? Pagan2 was trying to think of a mechanism to help with that, I don't know the answer. Intergenerational Equity: An Explora… (View Post)

Yes but we are still all eagerly awaiting Barty's analysis. (View Post)

You started off by asking why the NHS is cutting services whilst the budget is increasing. You got the correct answer in the first response. People are living longer with more things wrong with them.… (View Post)

Nah. We had people who believed in reality / evidence / the modern world running us. Now we've got Rees-Mogg. (View Post)