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This Is How You Fund And Fix The NHS Without Charging People A Penny.
Some of our beloved brands and corporations are essentially killing their clients and taking their cash. And while it is of course our responsibility if we choose to drive ourselves into a high speed smash; smoke ourselves to lung cancer or drink ourselves to liver failure, it’s big business facilitating it and making billions of profit in the process. It’s estimated that smoking costs the NHS £5 billion a year. It’s obvious that between them, the cigarette companies/smokers should be contributing to that. I’d like to hear one argument that states otherwise. So, how could you fix it? Take the burden from the people by setting up an independent agency that scores any company that earns over *insert very large figure*, out of ten (in crude terms), on how negatively they impact people’s mental and/or physical health. So for example, (and without the insight that my made up agency would garner), high tar cigarette and strong alcohol companies might get a 10/10; car manufacturers with a poor safety record might get an 8; certain fast food and fizzy drinks companies might get a 6 etc etc. Safer brands of the same industry would have a lower score. For example if one car manufacturer’s cars were involved in a proportionately significant high number of deaths or hospital admissions, they would score higher than those who have an impressive safety record. On the flip side, companies who provide benefits to health, could potentially get a minus score (and a tax break). The agency would work on the scoring algorithms and inspect organisations to determine their score. ‘NHS Tax’ them relative to their score and put it all in the NHS. In one fell swoop, you’re funding the NHS and as a nation we can sit back and watch the country’s most dangerous brands get their act together for fear of a high score/tax. One critical safety modification to your very popular family car later and your multinational’s premium goes down a point; a new scientifically developed filter in the cigarette butt of your brand, means there’s far less carcinogens passing through and it proved a worthy investment, as the agency agreed to putting your premium down… etc etc. You get my point. nhs_tax_andy_burnham Naturally, chunks of those premiums would likely filter down to the customer at the point of sale. But they should, shouldn’t they? Smokers should pay for the burden that smoking puts on the NHS; and that pint would taste so much sweeter, knowing that the 25p (or whatever) extra is funding the NHS. Let’s face it, our caring for the price of these vices have been cauterized now – they’re so astronomically priced, what’s a few more pence? It should, in turn, lower the income tax burden on us peasant’s shoulders, anyway. Roughly 5% of our taxes go to the NHS, currently. So, brands get cleaner/safer, the NHS has more money than it would know what to do with, people benefit in health terms because of the safety improvements/better standards, there’s more money in the pockets of the individual through tax reductions, it doesn’t impact any corporation that doesn’t impact anyone’s health, and the wealthy don’t have to pay for poor people’s NHS care. What’s not to love?
The Greatest Drinking Game Of Them All.
The single greatest drinking and party game has been kindly put on your phone to carry around with you wherever you go and drink. That's really quite good isn't it?!
Rapper Swipes at Rupert Murdoch & Calls Richard Littlejohn a "Little Dicked Moron."
Driven to distraction by the fact that Jeremy Hunt and the Government have been quite happy to allow Rupert Murdoch to essentially control everything we read and see, he decided to write this. Whilst he was at it he had a pop at other hideous, vitriolic, nasty, hateful, scare mongering, moral panic inducing, racist, homophobic, pearl clutching aspects of the media too - you know, like Richard Littlejohn. (Lyrics on the YouTube link)
Bear Grylls is Nothing... Nothing I Tell You, Compared to Adventure Men
Seriously right, these boys take "extreme" to the "extreme..." http://www.facebook.com/AdventureMen
Three Epic Remixes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones Soundtracks
Each one of them is a belter - drum & bass to hip hop. Chiggedy check it...
Ready For Some Goosebumps?! 3 Great Speeches That You May Never Have Seen
Prepare for the hairs to stand up on the back of your neck!
Take Your Kids On the Adventure of Their Dreams for Under a Dollar!
Audio books for kids just got crazy epic!
Epic Video As Quarantined Guy Defies Boredom
This dude knows the meaning of the word "creative." What would you do? Eat Grapes?
Adventure Men Cometh
Described as a heady mix of "adventure, reality & tit heads" the Adventure Men improvise their way through some incredible adventures. Well, you couldn't script this shit!
Just Ask Jeeves? Or Is It That Frightening Butler Out The Shining?
Has "Just Ask" or "Ask Jeeves" or whatever hijacked your browser recently? Take a look at who's behind it all!
Anything But England Bringing Home The World Cup Will Do!
The press appear to be the major obstacle standing in England's way. Here's a little guerilla warfare to counter the likes of The Sun and The Daily Fail.. I mean Mail.
The Teachings of Christ - Illuminating.
Not for the feint hearted.. Or, well, Christians basically.