Originally Posted by 1andrew1

It's not about whether you have an expensive TV or not.
It's about whether there's enough money to care for the elderly and not to ration operations. It's about whether there's enough places at schools and colleges. It's about whether public transport is available to allow people who can't drive the chance to find work further afield. It's about the chance to re-train people in new roles as mechanisation takes over in factories and in delivery and transport jobs.
If you're well off you can buy all those things privately, send your children to public schools, pay for their university fees, etc. Most people in the UK, however hard they work, aren't in this situation.