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Have you noticed how neocons and neoliberals love to tell us that "doing nothing" on such and such an issue is not an option?
There's a contrived, neurotic urgency about the coalition's NHS reform. According to David Cameron "the risk" to the NHS is "doing nothing." The status quo is simply not an option, the government tells us. How many people have you seen marching for reform of the NHS?
Everyone I have met who has had treatment on the NHS in recent years has been very satisfied with the way they were treated ok Bern's mum being the very sad exemption.
When I had to have any treatment, I received super care in hospital and so does everyone else I meet.. Because most people are happy with the NHS the way it is, the neoliberals have to hype up its failings. Yet when things do go wrong they are invariably caused by the introduction of so-called "market principles" and privatisation into our health-care system.
The worst scandal to hit any hospital in recent years was the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, which occurred in an NHS foundation trust. The MRSA bug has been linked to falling hygiene standards, which many believe have been caused by the outsourcing of hospital cleaning and hospital grub has also gone downhill since catering was privatised.
If the coalition genuinely wanted to improve the NHS further it'd be kicking profiteering private companies out of it altogether, yet the government is arguing that we need even more private-sector involvement.
When the political hierarchy tells us that "doing nothing" is no option, what it is really saying is that the status quo is not in the economic interest of those who bankroll them.
"Doing nothing" about the NHS, means no bonanza for private health firms, which are desperate to take over the running of hospitals and doctors' surgeries.
So when you hear a Conned/Fibdem tell you that doing nothing is not an option, remember that while doing nothing is not in their interest, it's probably best for the likes of you and me. Conversely, when the elite are happy with the status quo, you can be pretty sure that it's ordinary people,like us, who are getting a raw deal.