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Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy
PFI? How else is a government expected to find the money for new hospitals when most people would rather have a nice holiday or buy a new car instead of stumping up a bit more tax.
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PFI was used as a political tool. It made it look like the benificent governments were giving these facilities to the communities(I think that some schools were also built using PFI).
It was certainly never made clear to these communities the true cost of having these brand new facilities.
I know this to be true because when the new shiny RBH was in its planning stage I asked how it was to be funded.
I was horrified when I found out.......and asked why anyone in their right mind would take on a mortgage that they didn't know how much it would cost in interest...or how long that mortgage would run for....and to hear that the PFI provider could(and would) run vital services at inflated costs filled me with disgust. I was told that it was political and to keep my mouth shut.
The government levy taxes from the population in all ways...those levied for road fund licence for instance, never find their way to being spent on the roads.
There are other ways to raise money to build hospitals and schools....or medical equipment for that matter.
I have done my fair share of fund raising for the MRI Scanner which was housed at BRI and my own unit did much work in raising funds for a baby scanner too.
If you can't buy something then you make do with what you have got until you can afford it....you do not go into hock and keep yourself in hock for generations to come.
It is called living within your means.....but governments know very little about that concept.
Pensioners could teach them a thing or two ...if only they would listen.