..It always surprises me when, roughly once a week, the UK Government trots out something else that in particular England doesn't have, and start telling everybody how they're going to do it. Today's story is "Health care in old age"...and sometimes you don't have to be so old to require it! Apparantly it doesn't exist in England. Currently elder English citizens have to either take out private Insurances (if they can afford them) or sell just about everything they have to be able to either go into a nursing home. Otherwise families are required and expected either to pay for, or do, the necessary "caring".  How come that....? I'm a German Pensioner, I have to pay every month my Health Insurance fees (a percentage according to the size of the pension) AND - since 1995 I, like every other German worker, Pensioner, recipient of Unemployment or other State Benefits, must pay what's called "Care Insurance". Currently it costs me ...

Everything is organised........... everything in order........ Europe: The Germannen             -                The Germwomannen This is where they all come from....! Of course they are not all "mannen" there exist "womannen" as well! I have to be rather careful what I say on this subject, after all, I'm privileged to receive my Pensions from this wonderful country, but objectivity (and humour) is allowed, although the "Germannens" are not well known for their sense of humour! This isn't really surprising, in view of their overall history, one would think of them as mainly a war loving race, but in fact it's a strange thing about the Germans' - they have provided some of the World's most loved painters, composers, writers as well as the most hated Dictators! In the more recent past, the Germann has come from this: to being one, if not THE pillar of Democr...