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As percentage of GDP, India is running a deficit more than twice as high as the US (6.6% vs 2.8% over the last ten years). But those numbers are meaningless fo

As percentage of GDP, India is running a deficit more than twice as high as the US (6.6% vs 2.8% over the last ten years). But those numbers are meaningless for proving or disproving "inefficiency". The US is obviously getting far better infrastructure/education/welfare system/research/military/etc.

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> The US is obviously getting far better infrastructure/education/welfare system/research/military/etc. Is it? Research is on shaky ground: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-government-share-basic-research-funding-falls-below-50 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-governm... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-budget-cuts-science/519825/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-bu... http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-funding-its-a-serious-problem-for-women-and-science-85469 http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-fund... https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-res... Welfare system is failing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.8136e4325ad9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i... http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-r... https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-materna... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-homeless-population-2017-official-count-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-home... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html Education is failing en masse: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/american-schools-vs-the-world-expensive-unequal-bad-at-math/281983/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/americ... http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students... https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/americas-high-school-graduates-look-like-other-countries-high-school-dropouts https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/america... https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-fix-education-in-america/#98109b5441c8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-f... Millitary is using shoddy, ancient tools: https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondoggle-putting-soldiers-danger https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondogg... http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its-nuclear-arsenal-despite-criticism-over-weapons-a-932188.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its... http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-really-bad-shape-19446 http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-re... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-not-prepared-for-electronic-warfare-vs-russia-china/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-gone-time-for-futures-command/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-go...

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> The US is obviously getting far better infrastructure/education/welfare system/research/military/etc. Is it? Research is on shaky ground: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-government-share-basic-research-funding-falls-below-50 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-governm... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-budget-cuts-science/519825/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-bu... http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-funding-its-a-serious-problem-for-women-and-science-85469 http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-fund... https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-res... Welfare system is failing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.8136e4325ad9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i... http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-r... https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-materna... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-homeless-population-2017-official-count-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-home... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html Education is failing en masse: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/american-schools-vs-the-world-expensive-unequal-bad-at-math/281983/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/americ... http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students... https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/americas-high-school-graduates-look-like-other-countries-high-school-dropouts https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/america... https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-fix-education-in-america/#98109b5441c8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-f... Millitary is using shoddy, ancient tools: https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondoggle-putting-soldiers-danger https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondogg... http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its-nuclear-arsenal-despite-criticism-over-weapons-a-932188.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its... http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-really-bad-shape-19446 http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-re... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-not-prepared-for-electronic-warfare-vs-russia-china/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-gone-time-for-futures-command/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-go...