[Gllug] [OT] Times Article on ABD was Fighting a virus

[Caroline Ford]

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
>
> That would be true only if the public transport infrastructure was up to
> scratch. As it is there are many areas of the UK where a car is the only
> viable form of transport. Furthermore, public transport in off peak
> hours is often sporadic, poorly staffed, and particularly for women
> alone can entail a degree of personal risk that makes it unacceptable.
>
>
>   
As a woman alone I use London public transport at all hours. It's fine 
(really).

I use buses and since the congestion charge was introduced it no longer 
takes over an hour to get across central London.

Unlike the suffering, protesting rich of Chelsea I cannot afford to 
drive. I cannot even afford driving lessons.
> Central government spent around £1.8 billion on consultancy in 2005-06,
> according to new figures published today by the National Audit Office.
> Total public sector spending on consultants is estimated at around £2.8
> billion for 2005-06.
>   
The current lot are dreadful (and so are the opposition). However what 
this has to do with taxation in general is another question. Thankfully 
we cannot choose to only fund popular causes with taxation. If we could 
we'd been even more of a "Daily Mail Island" than we are at present, and 
everyone else would have left (myself included).

Caroline
> So, while I don't think paying tax to fund the NHS is illegitimate, I
> certainly do think that the current usage of the taxes is.
>
> Mike
>   

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