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Nope, treat them then send them an invoice. The taxes that people pay should only cover what is considered to be an accident where the victim is not at fault.
Nope, you get treated for both.
As I've said before, taxes should cover only what is considered to be an accident where the victim is not at fault.
That's what car insurance is for, they pay for the damages and healthcare.
The bit about drunk people in A&E was an unrelated point to the minor operation.
But they are billed for it. We call it tax.
In the same way why should someone pay the same as another person who is more likely to get injured or use the NHS?
How do you know the person will pay up later?
Car insurance does not cover NHS costs.
The manner in which you types up the NHS story implied you thought they were linked. Now you have clarified they are not.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Because its not their fault....
If they don't you can start legal proceedings or get a bailiff after 'em.
Then why do insurance companies cover medical expenses, emergency treatment, and cover for death or injury caused to the persons involved in an accident. It all comes as standard; comprehensive and third party.
and why should i care?
More expenses.
Most of those are for places and situations where those things are not covered. The money does not go to the NHS.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Not asking you to. There will be things you disagree with and that's your opinion.
The extra expenses will be paid by the person who couldn't care to pay the costs in the first place. It happens with everything, if you don't pay something within a certain period then you have to pay extra. If the bailiff come after you then you will also have to pay their charges on top of what you already owe.
is it possible to 'report' people smoking when the non smoking ban is implemented?
i cant wait to pull out the fone when someone blows smoke in my face in a non smoking area :twisted:
Some smokers are inconsiderate. Others are becoming victims of over-regulating, such as people who cannot smoke in their own air-conditioned office or in pubs that will not be allowed to provide a smoking room. The treasury receives almost 90% of the cost of every pack of cigarettes and smokers already rationalise that they are paying a good deal back, without having to suffer discrimination from the NHS. I believe blowing smoke in someone's face should be classed as a specific nuisance, like farting in a lift if not worse - I already am fed up of people who blow weed smoke my way - but smoking in a designated area is not really an inconvenience even to a non-smoker who passes nearby. I feel that to assert otherwise is just persecution. Sorry to say I eventually caved in after my last effort to give up but I am switching back to tobacco snuff. Since this inconveniences nobody it will be interesting to see if I continue to get abuse.
The argument that smokers bring ill-health on themselves and should pay for it is doubly unfair given that this logic is not applied to the consequences of bad driving, over-eating, under-eating, drunkenness or rehabilitation on the NHS, none of which incur the same taxes that smoking does. I think it would be better to campaign for a scheme to opt-out of the NHS for tax credits provided one has comprehensive health insurance (which already does penalise smoking).
[size=10]The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.[/size]
[size=9]Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)[/size]
smokers are a dying breed
Everyone alive is a dying breed! :twisted:
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Except me... i intend to live forever... so far so good.
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thank you that cheered me up no end
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