There are all number of ethical, moral, commercial, political and social arguements mixed in here, and of course the are no actual answers or solutions, only opinions.
There is an old story attributed to Winston Churchill (and I get relevant in a second, stay with me). It goes along the lines of: Churchill asks the lady if she would sleep with him for £1,000,000 to which she replies that she would. He then asks if she would, for £10. She says she would certainly not. To this, Churchill comments that he has already established what she would do, they are now just haggling over the price.
The point I want to make is that there is a crossover point from one point of view to another. That crossover point varies for each of us.
If I look at the business I am in. I am a doctor in UK. Medical services here are free at the point of delivery. If I had to pay for the actual service I get as a customer, thankfully I would spend hardly any money at all. If my wife would have had to pay, she would have been bankrupt or dead by now.
I actual fact, ignoring it is an insurance scheme, everybody pays the same amount and some get more for their money than others.
There is more, but a patient has arrived and I need to see them!......
Chris
There is an old story attributed to Winston Churchill (and I get relevant in a second, stay with me). It goes along the lines of: Churchill asks the lady if she would sleep with him for £1,000,000 to which she replies that she would. He then asks if she would, for £10. She says she would certainly not. To this, Churchill comments that he has already established what she would do, they are now just haggling over the price.
The point I want to make is that there is a crossover point from one point of view to another. That crossover point varies for each of us.
If I look at the business I am in. I am a doctor in UK. Medical services here are free at the point of delivery. If I had to pay for the actual service I get as a customer, thankfully I would spend hardly any money at all. If my wife would have had to pay, she would have been bankrupt or dead by now.
I actual fact, ignoring it is an insurance scheme, everybody pays the same amount and some get more for their money than others.
There is more, but a patient has arrived and I need to see them!......
Chris