Why The State Of Course

clipped from www.qando.net The draft guidance by a committee at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has been criticised as intrusive and further evidence of the “creeping nanny state”. Ya think? Two things at work here – one of which we’re all familiar, even in the US. This is what? It is “for the children”. All manner of state intrusion is prefaced by claiming it is “for the children”. Which brings us to the second thing – the assumption by the state that parents are too dumb and inept to properly care for their children. While this is true of some, certainly, the standard is applied to all. And we’ve certainly seen evidence that the state is so much better, haven’t we? So why does the state not only feel the necessity but right to intrude at such a level? About 100,000 children are admitted to hospital each year for home injuries at a cost of £146m. Oh, health care costs. And who controls the health care in the UK. Why the state, of course.