Comments on: Big brother, big government, let’s get smaller. http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/10/14/big-brother-big-government-lets-get-smaller/ Spirituality, Technology, Skepticism, bring it on... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/10/14/big-brother-big-government-lets-get-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-8012 Richard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:13:46 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=439#comment-8012 You make a good point, I think we're in situations that are at different ends of the spectrum. The UK is starting to resemble a police state on some days and a nanny state on others. I agree with you, we need balance, but I still think that the UK has far too much interference and (crucially) often in what I perceive as the wrong areas. I will admit to being a little unable to believe that the opponents of the healthcare plan are getting away with the level of argument they're managing without being shouted down from all sides. Basic free healthcare for all is a wonderful thing, and I speak as somebody who wouldn't even have survived his birth without the NHS. You make a good point, I think we’re in situations that are at different ends of the spectrum. The UK is starting to resemble a police state on some days and a nanny state on others.

I agree with you, we need balance, but I still think that the UK has far too much interference and (crucially) often in what I perceive as the wrong areas. I will admit to being a little unable to believe that the opponents of the healthcare plan are getting away with the level of argument they’re managing without being shouted down from all sides. Basic free healthcare for all is a wonderful thing, and I speak as somebody who wouldn’t even have survived his birth without the NHS.

]]> By: Peter Clothier http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/10/14/big-brother-big-government-lets-get-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-7996 Peter Clothier Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:50:42 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=439#comment-7996 Maybe a spell in the US would modify your position a wee bit! Over here, the fear of "big government" has succeeded in paralyzing progress even on so basic a necessity as a reasonable health insurance plan for our citizens. It enabled the "Reagan Revolution" that led to economic disaster that affected the entire world. It's the byword of yahoos like Rush Limbaugh and populists like Sarah Palin. Somewhere there must be a balance, no? Maybe a spell in the US would modify your position a wee bit! Over here, the fear of “big government” has succeeded in paralyzing progress even on so basic a necessity as a reasonable health insurance plan for our citizens. It enabled the “Reagan Revolution” that led to economic disaster that affected the entire world. It’s the byword of yahoos like Rush Limbaugh and populists like Sarah Palin. Somewhere there must be a balance, no?

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