We do not need a strong economy to pay for the NHS. We need a strong NHS as a pre-condition of a strong economy. Government spending always comes before tax revenues can flow in. Never more true than the moment we are in now.
@RichardJMurphy
Absolutely. In every paper I wrote I
always referred to the mantra :
a healthy population produces a healthy economy. Trotted it out in meetings as often as I could!