I think, what makes the British middle class a bit jumpy is the fear of drab row house living. And they may have a point. Being poor in the UK is no fun. Being poor is no fun. But don’t try it in the UK...unless you have cancer (I am a big fan of the NHS, the National Health System, because despite all Republican diatribes to the contrary it actually works).
But otherwise, there are few redeeming aspects of low income living on this picturesque little isle. Once you have made one too many wrong checks on your entrance exams at age 10 you are bound to take the lower road. And mind you, there is no return. It’s mediocrity from there on. And mediocrity stinks in this country of bucolic countryside and afternoon tea parties. You feel shamefully left out. And worst of all, you know what your missing out on, because everyone knows how it is to live the regal life here.
So, no wonder, the Whitneys and the Scornfields have their seven-year olds pick up a third instrument and study Latin after school; chess on weekends and witty word games on New Year’s Eve...I am not kidding you.
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Hey - So, how are you getting your Republican viewpoint? Is that something to which you'd subject yourself to voluntarily? Is it just to stay in the know?
Were it me, I'd cut that out...rather not pollute the mind with such idiocy. You know NHS works and Americans will just suffer their own foolishness until they figure it out as well.
You make some nice points.
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