New Posts For Thread: Boris and funding the NHS...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhsHas any PM in history had a better chance to solve much of the NHS funding issues as BJ will have once this virus is all over? I doubt it.But if he has the courage to try to do so, I would not be surprised if the general public currently so fond of tthe right wing Brexit knucklegraggers must be shoiting themselves that doris has come out of hospital a bigger leftie,liberal than when he went in,which was far to big for the knuckledraggershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559163229#559163229the right wing Brexit knucklegraggers must be shoiting themselves that doris has come out of hospital a bigger leftie,liberal than when he went in,which was far to big for the knuckledraggersMon, 13 Apr 2020 03:14:09 -0500Cider If you took that view to the nth degree, we might as well all be dead.Would certainly be better than dying of boredom.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559161255#559161255Cider If you took that view to the nth degree, we might as well all be dead.Would certainly be better than dying of boredom.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:41:36 -0500It would price most people out of riding a motorbike, and rightly so. ciderI had a motorcycle when I was young nothing beats riding them...I would still have, but don't have anywhere to put itThat is the trouble with the world today, men are turninghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160329#559160329It would price most people out of riding a motorbike, and rightly so. ciderI had a motorcycle when I was young nothing beats riding them...I would still have, but don't have anywhere to put itThat is the trouble with the world today, men are turningSun, 12 Apr 2020 11:38:20 -0500i don't, but the strategy underpinning my suggestion is to help prevent the accident (therefore the demand) in the first place. Instead of simply throwing more and more resources at the demand, we need to tackle the demand.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160309#559160309i don't, but the strategy underpinning my suggestion is to help prevent the accident (therefore the demand) in the first place. Instead of simply throwing more and more resources at the demand, we need to tackle the demand.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:35:26 -0500Don't you think £25 billion would cover those costs ?.You could also add in vat on cars and insurance tax if that isn't enough.I could also mention that council tax includes money that goes to Fire Brigade and Police.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160195#559160195Don't you think £25 billion would cover those costs ?.You could also add in vat on cars and insurance tax if that isn't enough.I could also mention that council tax includes money that goes to Fire Brigade and Police.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:23:20 -0500Isn't that just public expenditure on roads? Not ambulances, police, fire service or healthcare after an rta.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160149#559160149Isn't that just public expenditure on roads? Not ambulances, police, fire service or healthcare after an rta.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:16:09 -0500https://www.racfoundation.org/data/road-user-taxation-highways-spending-data-chartI'm not singling out motorcyclists just using all road users.Have a look at the link and you'll see what i mean about the black hole that £25 billion disappears into ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160111#559160111https://www.racfoundation.org/data/road-user-taxation-highways-spending-data-chartI'm not singling out motorcyclists just using all road users.Have a look at the link and you'll see what i mean about the black hole that £25 billion disappears into aSun, 12 Apr 2020 11:09:44 -0500I'm arguing that the hpt is commensurate with the risk. Are you arguing that fuel duty and ipt paid by motorcyclists matches the cost of their NHS care required after an accident? That includes life changing care sadly, which reaches into the millionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160053#559160053I'm arguing that the hpt is commensurate with the risk. Are you arguing that fuel duty and ipt paid by motorcyclists matches the cost of their NHS care required after an accident? That includes life changing care sadly, which reaches into the millionSun, 12 Apr 2020 11:01:30 -0500You'll find the cost of smokers is already factored in. Tobacco is taxed heavily and a smoker won't live so long so reducing pension payments.Drivers are already heavily taxed by the prices at the pumps and road fund license. Only a small fraction ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559160009#559160009You'll find the cost of smokers is already factored in. Tobacco is taxed heavily and a smoker won't live so long so reducing pension payments.Drivers are already heavily taxed by the prices at the pumps and road fund license. Only a small fraction ofSun, 12 Apr 2020 10:54:05 -0500It would price most people out of riding a motorbike, and rightly so.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641989/boris-and-funding-the-nhs?post_id=559159701#559159701It would price most people out of riding a motorbike, and rightly so.Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:02:41 -0500