Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap across England from January
www.theguardian.com
Measure to cost more than £500m, with money allocated to allow devolved nations to do the same
  • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
    71·
    16 days ago

    Bullshit. I lived in countries with both fully free healthcare and with a small fee, and if anything the system works better in the countries where it’s free.

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      16 days ago

      Cool, data and scholarship disagree with you. But, I’m sure that we’ve all been enlightened by your layman’s opinion on a well-studied topic.

      • Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        111·
        16 days ago

        Are the data and scholarships in the room with us now?

        I’ve read 16 independantly verified deep studies across multiple economic states that proved conclusively that buses being free increased the productivity of a populace, reduced time taken off, and directly increased lifespans of the participants. I had a link to these studies somewhere… hold on…