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That’s what politics is — the way we distribute pain.
Article I have been meaning to share for a while (might have shared it before, but it's worth reading twice). American, but the sentiment is universal:
Stakes is High
Money quote:
That’s what politics is — the way we distribute pain. It’s not a sport or a fraternity or a game. It’s how we determine who gets medication and who dies young, who learns in a class of twenty kids and who learns in a class of thirty, whose school has a counselor that’s trained to look for signs of sexual abuse and who doesn’t.
And, just to add a more local, current spin (i.e. the NHS):
Facebook post re. 'Virgin Care'.
Stakes is High
Money quote:
That’s what politics is — the way we distribute pain. It’s not a sport or a fraternity or a game. It’s how we determine who gets medication and who dies young, who learns in a class of twenty kids and who learns in a class of thirty, whose school has a counselor that’s trained to look for signs of sexual abuse and who doesn’t.
And, just to add a more local, current spin (i.e. the NHS):
Facebook post re. 'Virgin Care'.
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But yeah - that doesn't get the media focus and the outrage of the week the way other issues do. It's almost like it's not news, or something.
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This. The NHS is a wonderful (and complicated and difficult) thing, and yet the people in charge seem determined to destroy it, rather than improve it.
But yeah - that doesn't get the media focus and the outrage of the week the way other issues do. It's almost like it's not news, or something.
It'll be news once it's too late...
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Sorry - this always gets me so angry....!!
It's sad and horrible and if you don't have private healthcare as a perk with your job, or the money to pay, you are really stuck in some boroughs. It's heartbreaking.
/rant over (sorry!)
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Don't be sorry - anger is absolutely the right response. (Hence this post...)
It's sad and horrible and if you don't have private healthcare as a perk with your job, or the money to pay, you are really stuck in some boroughs. It's heartbreaking.
Why anyone would think America is the place to emulate is beyond me. But then I come from Scandinavia, so.
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