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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

uhg. more starve the beast nonsense..

step 1, defund program
step 2, point out how terrible program is and that clearly it needs to be privatized
step 3, program is canceled. for-profit incentive costs for services far exceed successful public costs

god forbid they just actually pay for services and medical personnel. maybe if we all werent collectively spending 50% of GDP on the planet on killing each other we could afford to healthcare each other.

assholes.

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mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s such a stupid framing. If the NHS is responsible for fewer years in good health now, then it was equally responsible for more years in good health 15 years ago.

So we should ask what has changed in the NHS to make the outcomes worse? Austerity and creeping privatisation, for a start.

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yakko@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Lemmy is certainly quieter than other social media, but it’s nice how much more common sane opinions are.

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gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

maybe if we all werent collectively spending 50% of GDP on the planet on killing each other we

Eh? Global military spending is 2.5% of GDP (Source)

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- T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Fossil fuel subsidies?
  
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  - gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Somewhere between 0.5% and 7% depending on what you count
    
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    T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ah sorry I thought the 50% bit was from the article not a child to a reply.
    
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