won the premiership.. won the fa cup.. won the champions league.. that's the treble baby.
so amazing after we spent 44 years without anything.
no more "noisy neighbours".. now let's do it again, back-to-back, and achieve new heights - more consecutive premierships than anyone has every done before would be enough..
@notsurewheretogo - it's true that City have a huge advantage because of all Sheikh Mansour's money.
But money alone is not enough to guarantee success.
Look at Everton. They've spent loads of money in recent years but they're shit - they only just avoided relegation this season and last season.
Same too, at Man United. For the past ten years they've spent loads of money but have been a shambles up until Erik Ten Hag took over last year.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
do Americans mind paying for public schools - that's something else. This topic is about healthcare.
If you really want to deflect and dissemble, well I can play that game too: money is very tight for me. If I need a new pair of shoes I have to pay for them. There's no free-at-the-point-of-delivery shoecare system.
Try again, please.
NB - I have received excellent care when I was in hospital for the only time in 2013. I have also seen the other side of the NHS. There are plenty of excellent, dedicated staff but the NHS as an organisation has serious flaws that need to be looked at. So, for me, the NHS is on balance a good thing. But I recognise intellectual diversity and I also recognise the fact that, for many Americans, they don't want to pay for others' healthcare.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
the " I'm alright - sod you Jack " attitude just doesn't seem very nice somehow - it's not that at all.
What happened to personal responsibility?
won the premiership.. won the fa cup.. won the champions league.. that's the treble baby.
so amazing after we spent 44 years without anything.
no more "noisy neighbours".. now let's do it again, back-to-back, and achieve new heights - more consecutive premierships than anyone has every done before would be enough..
Yeah, City deserve this.
Gardiola has crafted a wonderful team.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
Another thing: those in favour of 'free' health care just kind of assume that their position is morally superior to all other opinions.
Can someone explain to me why only paying for your own health care is somehow morally wrong or inferior?
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
@Syd
Your post isn't really much of an answer.
US citizens don't mind paying for road repairs even if they don't drive.
Re foreign policy they'll pay their taxes but vote for another candidate come election time.
The healthcare issue is big, very big.
Americans just will not accept that they have to pay, via their taxes, for other people's healthcare.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
Here's another thing I forgot to say in my comments on page 5 ...
If every state decided for itself - yes, there would be migration to the states that have 'free' healthcare.
But there would also be migration the other way. Small-c conservatives who disagree but happen to live in a left-leaning state would move to a conservative state.
This kind of thing goes on already. I follow an African-American women who has a youtube channel. She has conservative values and has moved to a state like Texas or Georgia for that very reason.
So, I guess my point is that migration works both ways.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
Obviously the ideal is for the whole Country to implement a proper system - but why should all the US citizens who disagree with free (at the point of delivery) healthcare be forced to pay for it via their tax dollars?
Doesn't sound fair to me.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
everyone would move to the state that has healthcare free at the point of access - yeah, there may very well be an increase of people moving to, say, Cali.
But why would that mean that my suggestion wouldn't work?
I think Americans should think about the fact that noone from other countries that have free healthcare says they don't want it - yeah, this may be true. But I also think Americans, if they want free healthcare, should look at the NHS and learn from its mistakes.
I still think letting each state decide for itself has some merit in it.
canada has universal healthcare.
the consensus is that america never will.
can anyone explain why, please?
Here's a suggest re healthcare in America: let each state decide want it wants to do.
So, conservative-leaning Texas would likely vote against NHS-style healthcare, and that's ok.
But left-leaning California might vote in favour. So, let the Californian authorities pay for it by raising the taxes of Californian citizens.
^^^ Makes sense, no?
