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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:07:19 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:

Scott-A wrote:


To a larger extent, I really do think this is paranoia. I suppose in the States
every thing seams to have a monitory value, and/or is exploited for it. My only
real gripe with the US system is that it has resulted in so much social
exclusion within society. I'm talking about people who have only limited access
to health, education and other parts of society. I think these are very real
problems.


Scott A

This is a major misperception from what I have read in numerous e-mail
posts from people in Great Britain, do you have examples of "limited
access" to health care, etc. or is this just a random statement? You can
go to any employer here and get health care coverage, from gas stations
to retail shops to factories, etc.


In the UK, you do not have to have  employed to have access to, arguably, one of the
best health services in the world (NHS). Everyone here enjoys a health service which
is "free at the point of delivery" - ie it is paid for via income tax. If you have
never paid 1 penny in tax your entire life you have the same provision as a tax payer
earning £500,000 per annum. "Social Exclusion" is a wider term, I used it to mean
those who  feel alienated/not part of/ unwanted by society.

Scott A
BTW : my wife works for the NHS.



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