If you are offered something attractive by someone, you naturally hope that it is what you are going to get. You hope it ‘will come true’, that it will not be illusory.
The property bubble and the disastrous crash in 2008 was at least in part built on ‘wishful thinking’. Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme went on as long as it did at least in part due to ‘wishful thinking’ on the part of his investors.
If Andrew Lansley is going to offer you choice, why turn him down?
‘I mean choice, at no cost, it can only be a good thing, right? We have the Department of Health’s assurance on this, right? I’ve read the leaflet, what’s not to love about it? Sure, I’ll go with choice, it’s a no brainer.’
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