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Re: Secret Thatcher plans to scrap the welfare state now released.
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Originally Posted by martyh
And yet in modern Britain we have very costly higher education that used to be free ,severe cut backs in defence ,serious doubts on the continuation of the state pension with a mandatory private pension paid through your employer and an NHS run by private trusts .All of the above was mentioned in the report and dismissed as crazy talk ,and yet ........
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However, in the 80s, around 1 in 7 18-21 year olds went to University, and now it is 1 in 2, and men (on average) are living 10 years longer than in the 1980s, and we were at the height of the Cold War..
These things have to be paid for, or in rhe case of the Forces, less expenditure because of less need...
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