On 8 May 2007, at 07:28, Michael Clarke wrote:
> There may be a mooring problem that is equally urgent for those on the
> waiting list and for those that have money to burn. Penalising those on
> the waiting list in favour of those with money is not a moral solution.
>
I've been following this thread with interest and not a little concern.
We come back to a theme that underlies all of the recent debate about
BW funding - should BW act exclusively like a commercial operation, or
does it have other standards to take into account?
Adrian along with Robin Evans, clearly believes the former proposition,
which is essentially the Thatcherite one of making little or no
distinction between public and private ownership, and much preferring
the private model.
Many of us believe that state owned institutions have a duty to support
and protect those less able to keep their end up in the market place.
So the fact of being relatively poor should not prevent you from
obtaining decent health care, or an education for your kids.
The proposed TRIAL will bias access to moorings to those with the most
money to spend - it can do no other (and I'm sorry, Eugene, I really
don't see the difference between your "tendering" and a sealed bid
auction).
It will do nothing to resolve the fact that there are not enough
moorings to go round.
––
All the best
Bruce
"Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground you cannot think of
moving them" Arthur Ransome, 'Racundra's First Cruise'
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