The argument tends to revolve around whether it makes more sense to use tolls and private enterprise to pay for better roads , or instead to keep charging taxpayers for a system that just limps along .
As britain limps out of recession and jobs remain scarce , higher education makes an appealing alternative to the dole queue ; many people who would normally have earned a place have been denied one .
Yet , for better or worse , something called " thatcherism " still provides much of the context of british politics as it limps towards the second decade of the 21st century .
To the contrary . As mr romney limps a little faster towards the republican nomination , he accuses mr obama of turning the us into a " european-style entitlement society " .