tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post2310058040320272084..comments2024-03-26T07:19:50.901+00:00Comments on Dr Grumble: Competing on tax ratesDr Grumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-64441943737156817592010-10-20T22:46:07.133+01:002010-10-20T22:46:07.133+01:00Not'things' that have changed, ideology ha...Not'things' that have changed, ideology has! Which is a pity? Then again, we would it is, wouldn't we? Because it's 'our' ideology that has changed! So, who is right and who is wrong? ... and I am not speaking about that medic anymore, but in general, because there are lots of what 'we' were used to, ethics too, that is done very differently now - example? ... this very post!<br /><br />:-)Anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-34327786407048248632010-10-20T20:32:42.297+01:002010-10-20T20:32:42.297+01:00Gosh. Things must have changed since I was a stude...Gosh. Things must have changed since I was a student.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-1867455944344503642010-10-20T12:43:53.605+01:002010-10-20T12:43:53.605+01:00But 'earning a living' in that 'profes...But 'earning a living' in that 'profession' is no longer exclusive to women though Dr G, so there is 'hope' for male medical graduates too!<br /><br />:-)Anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-69966059721369926662010-10-20T07:14:08.237+01:002010-10-20T07:14:08.237+01:00Could this account for why we have so few male med...Could this account for why we have so few male medical students these days?<br /><br />Brooke Magnanti funded her studies in a similar way.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-40890433057396354972010-10-19T23:47:48.231+01:002010-10-19T23:47:48.231+01:00"Medical student earned £2,000 a week at brot..."Medical student earned £2,000 a week at brothel"<br /><br />With the way things are going, at least she has 'something' to fall back on if she doesn't get an F1 job following her 5/6 of strenuous study and the toughest of finals only to face total ruin at the end! ... and perhaps her medical degree will impress her clients so much, they'd help her pay back the 50,000 pounds debt she amassed while studying medicine ....<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/oct/19/medical-students-trainingAnonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-30017552449852430742010-10-18T18:55:06.663+01:002010-10-18T18:55:06.663+01:00Quite right, Eileen. Rather less than a few decade...Quite right, Eileen. Rather less than a few decades. Perhaps I need to do some editing.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-30271384189765432852010-10-18T18:13:26.103+01:002010-10-18T18:13:26.103+01:00I'm not sure that it's a period of a few d...I'm not sure that it's a period of a few decades that separates them. Rather less I think.<br /><br />But it's a matter of upbringing too. I mentioned elsewhere about my daughters, a paramedic and a nurse who, between the two of them, earn less than their cousin (who is the same age as the younger one) and is responsible for marketing whisky. Her brother (same age as my older daughter) earns more than the three together as a PR executive. His parents don't get it ("but they live in London, they need it") but they are ex-civil servants with more money than common gumption. When I last looked, nurses in London got my daughter's salary plus a few K London weighting. Her reaction, bless her: I have the moral comfort I'm doing something worthwhile. They struggle sometimes by other standards (especially when family tax credit got their sums wrong and then demanded xK back "now") but they have a home of their own (bit disasterous the "new" one but hey) both have a car and their 2 kids are happy and healthy. Only debt a mortgag of about 100K - her cousin has one about 450K.<br /><br />I'm very proud of my daughters.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684985554953836607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-68913495731949568082010-10-18T05:33:23.673+01:002010-10-18T05:33:23.673+01:00and now they are going to cut our NHS by 20% and m...and now they are going to cut our NHS by 20% and make us find treatment by other meansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-2735394431919369012010-10-17T21:50:15.438+01:002010-10-17T21:50:15.438+01:00How do you tax the unemployed and the poor? The re...How do you tax the unemployed and the poor? The reason why responsibility will lie with the student from now on ... and on ... and on ... It's a new order.<br /><br />Let's wait and see what happens on the 20th Dr G!Anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-54374930165486892122010-10-17T20:27:17.577+01:002010-10-17T20:27:17.577+01:00Of course we can afford it. We paid out £30 billio...Of course we can afford it. We paid out £30 billion for an IT system that didn't work - we could probably find the money for students and elderly. It's a question of will. I think people need to rediscover grass roots politics - perhaps the students who are protesting just now might do just that.Juliehttp://juliemcanulty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-57958824245545839812010-10-17T20:03:06.220+01:002010-10-17T20:03:06.220+01:00I had the same thought about Sweden.
I am not at...I had the same thought about Sweden. <br /><br />I am not at all convinced that we have no choice and are being forced to go in this direction.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-71571386330483873482010-10-17T19:31:49.749+01:002010-10-17T19:31:49.749+01:00People still want to go to Sweden so I suppose the...People still want to go to Sweden so I suppose ther is still hope for a different way. Although even there things are changing. Personally I find it difficult to be lectured about tightening my purse strings and sharing pain by someone with a whopping trust fund.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.com