On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 17:51:02 +0100, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
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>"Moi" <moi@here.now> wrote in message
>news:WttZv.315454$nW5.168787@fx03.fr7...
>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:31:34 +0000, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
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>>>>Its also going to heavily subsidise the French company EDF to build a
>>>>nuclear power station in the UK.
>>>>
>>>>So basically - they're giving back the money they got for asset
>>>>stripping!!!
>>>
>>> "giving" back the money in exchange for a nuclear power plant is known
>>> as "buying".
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>> It's only 'buying' if the UK Government gets the power station, but
>> they're not.
>>
>> They French company is building the power station and keeping it. The
>> original price was 16 billion UK pounds, but it is expected top have
>> risen to 24 billion by the time it opens in 2022, with a possible
>> addition of another 10 billion, dependeing upon contingencies.
>>
>> The total price of electricity is expected to rise by UKP 5 billion
>> annually (today's prices) to cover cost of building.
>>
>> When the tories sold off the existing nuclear power stations, they didn't
>> get rid of the nuclear ones so as they are now coming to end-of-life the
>> British taxpayers will be paying for decommission and storage of nuclear
>> waste.
>>
>> This was purely for idealogical reasons, they wouldn't have been able to
>> sell them off if the nuclear staions had been included in the deal.
>>
>> BTW, why do some many Americans go to Canada for treatment?
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>70% (at least) of Americans are just one serious illness short of
>bankruptcy.
>
>If you haven't got an insurance card - they do a half assed job of patching
>you up, then out the door you go.
>
>Might be interesting to discover who pays for this healthcare tourism some
>Americans are abusing.
>
>Its a big problem in the UK - a certain number of foreigners get off the
>plane and head straight for the nearest hospital.
Democracy is messy, but some aspects are straightforward.
For example, to pass a law (like health-care reform) you
need a majority. To get a majority, you win an election.
Divided government usefully prevents a slim majority in
one part of government from running roughshod over a
large minority. But nowhere, to my knowledge, is there a
theory of democracy defending the idea that minorities
should have or expect the power to pass laws over
majorities or that their efforts to do so should suspend
government indefinitely.
- Derek Thompson. The Atlantic Magazine Oct 2013
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