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Originally Posted by Sam
it's about more government
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Mark Steyn, the British journalist was on the radio over the holidays filling in for vacationing hosts. He pointed out who the top three employers in the world were:
1) The People's Army of China
2) The Indian National Railway
3) The United Kingdom's National Health Service
The UK's NHS serves a population of just some 60 million people, yet their employment roles compare to the People's Army of the PRC! There are featherbedding provisions that ensure departments and agencies keep operating even though they are redundant and unnecessary.
The UK is unable to attract citizens of the UK to serve as doctors in the NHS. There is a tremendous shortage of medical doctors because every one who would otherwise be attracted to that field can't or won't do it due to the pay and conditions being so poor. The salaries across the whole NHS are "equalized," except for the top administrators, of course.
So, the UK imports doctors from their former colonies. Half of those involved in the July, 7, 2005, London bombings (Britain's "7/7") were in fact doctors employed by the NHS.
And this is the system that we want to model?
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