The reason I brought this cost-benefit issue up is because you started this thread with the comment.
Quote Originally Posted by Denzark View Post
Americans often say that universal healthcare wont or cant work. Europeans look with amazement that America struggles with healthcare.
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If you look at the funding problems the NHS has and what it beat to be top it really says something. And beggars the question how proud is America of its health care.
I took this as a jab at the current healthcare debate in the United States, something that most European commentators never seem to take seriously, and just apply sweeping generalizations on the people who support private healthcare.

This is a forum for BDSM, a community which is grossly misunderstood and is equally ridiculed and marginalized by untrue stereotypes; that’s why I felt the need to bring forward the opposite perspective.

Also, current military spending by the UK is negligent. In comparison, the current interest payments that the UK government pays are equally high. The UK military budget is so small that should 100% of it be cut, it wouldn’t balance the UK budget. The Military only takes up about 6% of the UK budget, whereas Health, Education, social programs and subsidies takes up about 78% of the budget. Where is all this money going? Only 14% of the UK budget is spent on maintaining infrastructure, dealing with foreign nations, keeping law and order, and running the government. The UK does have a spending problem, but it is not in the military.