You might be onto something, and this comes from EU resident.
I do hope that US stays in NATO and forces its members to spend more on defense. Russians are not hiding their intentions about invasion of other states - Baltic states, Poland, and further west, if possible.
That would come with a cost for us- especially in wellfare. Bye-bye cheap healthcare and big pensions. Gotta spend a lot on armies.
Complete lack of industry in the UK, sold off to the highest bidder, mothballed, closed down. Policies are all based on winning the next election, short term, stop gap decisions rather than long term vision.As a result all the systems a country depends on from healthcare to transport, sewerage/water, food production, local govt. Services are in crisis. Outside London city and town centres have become dirty, empty, rundown. Whichever govt. Comes in will be faced with a mountain to climb.
The current govt. Legacy of Brexit, austerity, privatisation, underfunding of local govt., healthcare, social care, long term transport solutions, housing will last for generations
Doctors aren't real capitalist in U.S. Insurance companies have allowed medical doctors to make a lot of money. Politicians who write the laws have allowed medical doctors to make a lot of money. Medicare has allowed doctors to make a lot of money.
Most European countries pay practically nothing in military expenses because the freeloading bums expect the US to come to their rescue in the event of a war. The US taxpayer indirectly subsidizes the European welfare state through NATO. Get the US out of NATO and the cradle-to-grave house of cards will fall apart overnight.
Keep the US in NATO. So far the US is the only country that has invoked Rule 5. NATO countries came to our aid in the war in the Afghanistan.
Also, fighting a war in Europe is far better than fighting one on our soil and keeping western Europe free is a good thing for the US.
Most European countries pay practically nothing in military expenses because the freeloading bums expect the US to come to their rescue in the event of a war. The US taxpayer indirectly subsidizes the European welfare state through NATO. Get the US out of NATO and the cradle-to-grave house of cards will fall apart overnight.
Keep the US in NATO. So far the US is the only country that has invoked Rule 5. NATO countries came to our aid in the war in the Afghanistan.
Also, fighting a war in Europe is far better than fighting one on our soil and keeping western Europe free is a good thing for the US.
Which war was that, Congressman Charlie Wilson's C.I.A. War, from 1978 or 1979?
I missed seeing the tanks from Afghanistan rolling across Alaska attacking U.S. citizens. Afghan submarines off the coast of California?
You cant be so dense and U.S.-centric that you've been completely blind to one of the biggest issues in the UK for the past few decades.
Ah but they very often can be. Blanket statement on my part but for all the terrible gaps in NHS ( largely self inflicted as we Brits have innate opposition to higher taxes) I'd rather have our system than the USAs on this. USA has reducing life expectancy atm which is not a great endorsement. I digress from Dr Sesemann though. Splendid runner and fellow by all accounts
If you are good at your job, then the US has the best healthcare and overall economic system of any country in the world. Doctors, nurses, engineers, scientists, and even trades people all do much better in the US and have access to much better healthcare then they would in the UK, Canada, or the EU.
People who can only get jobs that don’t require any skill, on the other hand, are screwed in the US.
You cant be so dense and U.S.-centric that you've been completely blind to one of the biggest issues in the UK for the past few decades.
Ah but they very often can be. Blanket statement on my part but for all the terrible gaps in NHS ( largely self inflicted as we Brits have innate opposition to higher taxes) I'd rather have our system than the USAs on this. USA has reducing life expectancy atm which is not a great endorsement. I digress from Dr Sesemann though. Splendid runner and fellow by all accounts
yes you're right, and two things can be simultaneously true:
1) The NHS is a blessing compared to the U.S. healthcare system 2) The NHS has completely imploded and is barely fit for purpose nowadays
Most European countries pay practically nothing in military expenses because the freeloading bums expect the US to come to their rescue in the event of a war. The US taxpayer indirectly subsidizes the European welfare state through NATO. Get the US out of NATO and the cradle-to-grave house of cards will fall apart overnight.
Keep the US in NATO. So far the US is the only country that has invoked Rule 5. NATO countries came to our aid in the war in the Afghanistan.
Also, fighting a war in Europe is far better than fighting one on our soil and keeping western Europe free is a good thing for the US.
20 years in Afghanistan and what was the result ?
A whole lot of money for the wealthy and politically connected.
Most European countries pay practically nothing in military expenses because the freeloading bums expect the US to come to their rescue in the event of a war. The US taxpayer indirectly subsidizes the European welfare state through NATO. Get the US out of NATO and the cradle-to-grave house of cards will fall apart overnight.
oh gee Letsrun's resident "free loading bum" whining about other countries.
The NHS in Britain is in a diabolical state with massive waiting list, staffing shortages, gross mismanagement, huge pressure on doctors...
I wouldn't blame him, doctors are leaving in droves to move abroad.
Year on year Conservative cuts.
Many lower level NHS roles (cleaning etc) were filled by migrant work, staff shortages.
The care system, which is vital for freeing beds is knackered, massive staffing issues. (Migrant work again) Poor wages, #### job.
Many people who voted to decimate the NHS, are the first to complain about it, and now (at my work) switch to private health care.
It will, obviously, all be heaped on boat people, which is weird as I've never seen a single asylum seeker at my local doctors surgery.
Conservatives are facing wipe out because they are no longer Conservative, hence double digit support for Reform.. it's not because they 'have been doing Conservative' things. Meanwhile, the non-white population grows as a percentage each passing year, overwhelmingly voting Labour. Already its nearly impossible for a Conservative to become London Mayor, perhaps even for a non-Muslim.
I'm not surprised you haven't seen asylum seekers in your GP surgery, which is probably a private clinic in Surrey. For those of us who still have to use the NHS in London, it's a different story.
The NHS in Britain is in a diabolical state with massive waiting list, staffing shortages, gross mismanagement, huge pressure on doctors...
I wouldn't blame him, doctors are leaving in droves to move abroad.
Year on year Conservative cuts.
Many lower level NHS roles (cleaning etc) were filled by migrant work, staff shortages.
The care system, which is vital for freeing beds is knackered, massive staffing issues. (Migrant work again) Poor wages, #### job.
Many people who voted to decimate the NHS, are the first to complain about it, and now (at my work) switch to private health care.
It will, obviously, all be heaped on boat people, which is weird as I've never seen a single asylum seeker at my local doctors surgery.
Conservatives are facing wipe out because they are no longer Conservative, hence double digit support for Reform.. it's not because they 'have been doing Conservative' things. Meanwhile, the non-white population grows as a percentage each passing year, overwhelmingly voting Labour. Already its nearly impossible for a Conservative to become London Mayor, perhaps even for a non-Muslim.
I'm not surprised you haven't seen asylum seekers in your GP surgery, which is probably a private clinic in Surrey. For those of us who still have to use the NHS in London, it's a different story.
Can you tell me some of the unConservative things the Tories are doing?
Like I said they're not just incompetent, their ideas haven't worked.
I'm guessing he finished his f1 year to get his licence and possibly f2.
Beyond that is specialist training and the training pathways in the NHS are the longest in the world (probably to keep pay low). In the US residency is shorter, more intense, probably higher level and eventually pay is significantly higher compared to the UK. Also many UK doctors are leaving the UK after completing f1/f2 or leaving medicine.
Basically he would struggle to complete specialist training whilst training full time as it would take years of hard work and pay and conditions aren't favourable.
Minimum wage in USA hospitality sector is a stupendous $2.13 per hour. Not a small sector.
I love and admire a lot of what USA citizens achieve but its allocation of wealth isn't imo its strongest suit
That is a bit of a misrepresentation. If you don’t earn enough in tips to hit the minimum wage the employer has to make up the difference.
On top of that Americans are great tippers compared to Europeans. I worked in a sports bar in DC several years ago and made close to 50k. Interestingly enough, what I made as a server is close to what a jr doctor makes in the UK now.
Yeah UK is going through a bad patch at the moment with the Tories. London still the best city in the world and hoovers up global talent, but the rest of the country is not great right now.
Obviously this is all relative - the quality of life is still super high in global terms. Even if you're suffering with cost of living, chances are you still have a phenomenal selection of things to do compared to other countries.. you can just do fewer of them than before.
Cossy Liv has hit me hard yet I still have the choice of 50 different cheeses and 200 different wines in my local supermarket thats 0.5 miles away - which I walk to via a castle that's got more history than most countries have in their entirety.
I visited my mate in Oslo - supposedly a rich area with lots of disposable income.. problem is there's nothing to do.
'We are all immigrant scum'.... The UK is a country of migrants, you just want to put a timeframe on it.... The worst country in the world for nimby's... I don't want migrants but I want a cheap cleaner, I don't want to pay taxes to fund healthcare but happy if the medical staff are Filipino, I don't want to pay the real cost of food but happy for the fruit pickers and meat packets to be Moldovan.... And I want a cheap Indian takeaway.... Sadly in the UK and particularly amongst Reform supporters they think we still have an Empire and that we are relevant... We aren't.
Well Bank is relative...we typically range between the low 6fig to the mid 6fig depending on location in the US. Certainly enough to live happily on but we...or rather I'm not out just making it rain everywhere.