Comments on: The public sector is not working http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Mon, 21 May 2012 10:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sam Tarran http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/#comment-126 Sam Tarran Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:59:42 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=29#comment-126 Funny: MPs get a longer Christmas break than we do at my school. The Adam Smith Institute recently wrote that his local vet was on emergency call over Christmas, but his local doctor was not. I'm not advocating a privatisation of the NHS here, but it just shows how the profit incentive sometimes (in fact, most of the time) works far better in getting people off their asses than government subsidy. Funny: MPs get a longer Christmas break than we do at my school.

The Adam Smith Institute recently wrote that his local vet was on emergency call over Christmas, but his local doctor was not. I'm not advocating a privatisation of the NHS here, but it just shows how the profit incentive sometimes (in fact, most of the time) works far better in getting people off their asses than government subsidy.

]]> By: Kit http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2006/12/29/the-public-sector-is-not-working/#comment-125 Kit Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:12:14 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=29#comment-125 You are wrong. We should be giving them longer and longer holidays. Parliament should only be sitting for a couple of days a month/year. This will cut down on poor legalisation and red-tape. As for the public sector we might find we don't actually need its services at all. You are wrong. We should be giving them longer and longer holidays. Parliament should only be sitting for a couple of days a month/year. This will cut down on poor legalisation and red-tape. As for the public sector we might find we don't actually need its services at all.

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