На радость нашим консерваторам, во Франции не хватает денег на медицину

[ny_quant]

France spends 11 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare -- the second highest in the world after the United States, where health costs total some 16 percent of GDP.

The press reported that amongst the options under review were to increase the daily charge for hospital stays to 20 euros from 16 euros and to cut reimbursement for some over-the-counter drugs like aspirin to 15 percent from 35 percent.

Драконовские меры?! Меня душит смех.

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[bgmt.livejournal.com]

" MARDELL'S AMERICA
The BBC's Mark Mardell
Perhaps I am wrong that it is inoffensive: maybe 'No-one's born being good at things' is close to communism
Mark Mardell, BBC North America editor"


ссылка на странице ВВС http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8243909.stm, где другие про коммунизм не говорят, но фразу эту клеймят, однако.

[ny-quant.livejournal.com]

Я думаю, это сарказм. Там есть линк на более развернутый текст:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2009/09/presidents_back_to_school_mess.html

Я, кстаи, никакой конкретной критики этой фразы в основном тексте не увидел.