[544] in libertarians
Re: Hello!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul D. Eccles)
Fri Jan 6 13:28:48 1995
From: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>
To: MM920031@newi.ac.uk (A J GWYNNE)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 95 10:25:29 PST
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9501061815.AA18529@dylan.newi.ac.uk>; from "A J GWYNNE" at Jan 6, 95 6:12 pm
> I am a member of the British Labour Party which, when in government
> between 1945-51; 1964-1970 and 1974-1979 (sadly we've been in
> opposition for the past sixteen years....but the tide is finally
> turning!) was responsible for the setting up of our Welfare State,
> the National Health Service (that's FREE health care to ALL Citizens,
> not bad eh????), Comprehensive and Free State Education, including
It's not free somebody pays.
> the Open University programme which allows people to study for
> under-graduate and post-graduate qualifications at home and at their
> own speed (for people who are unable, for whatever reasons, to attend
> University), the implementation of Equal Opportunity legislation
> including the Equal Pay Act which gave women the right to the same
> pay for doing the same job......and the list goes on! Even
So you believe that is good that your government robs from the haves to give
to have nots.
> Thatcherism couldn't destroy the basic principles of the NHS, the
> welfare state and the comprehensive education system.......although
> 16 years of Conservatism has withered away some basic elements of
> these. And Labour Governments achieved full employment through a
> Keynsianist/monetarist programme of economic policies.
What's the percentage of people in your country that recieve their salary from
the governement (i.e. taxpayers)? I think I remember reading it is greater
than 50%.
Paul Eccles
