On 12 Oct 2006, at 14:49, John Handelaar wrote: > Martin Burns wrote: >> Think of it this way. 23.8% of the income of most UK employees ends >> up in >> National Insurance contributions [1]. The income from this falls >> about £6bn >> short of the total cost of providing NHS healthcare[2]. > > > National Insurance doesn't pay for health. Oh I know - I was using it as a yardstick; an identifiable line on yer payslip (plus the employer costs you don't see) that's a large chunk of change, but still generates less money than healthcare. Cheers Martin -- > Spammers: Send me email -> yumyum at easyweb.co.uk to train my filter > http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/ Sell Cloth Nappies from your website: http://www.purpur.co.uk/announcing-purpur-associates