Rache..I was reading of a case of a girl dismissed as 'being pregnant' when she had a life threatening brain condition, this morning by Casey Hospital. Overworked, underresourced health care systems.. ie.. the type 'progressives' would give us... caused that.

Ask Dr Donald Berwick the newly appointed socialist/progressive of American Health.. he said "It's not that we won't be rationing health care, but whether we will be doing it with our eyes open"

I know what its like to be turned away with Bacilliary Dystentary, given a couple of panadol and be told 'come back in a few days if it isn't better" and nearly dying in the process.

The term 'progressive' tends to mean 'socialist' and the wider you spread limited resources the thinner they get.

MOst European countries are now wakin gup that when the financial (progressive/socialist) cupboard is 'bare'... you can't keep eating.

Contrary to your mythology about all these wonderful social 'benefits' .. look more closely at our history and see how much the Churches have done. The types of benefits won by 'progressive unions' tend to be the unsustainable types... no matter how good they are or seem while we are pilfering from the very finite bank balance.