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> to a country that doesn't federally provide basic social services Mate if you're going to try that one don't be defending America with it haha. Gofundme camp

• adventured 5y ago
  > Mate if you're going to try that one don't be defending America with it haha. Gofundme campaigns are a part of your healthcare system. Why not? The US has an enormous welfare state, one of the biggest and most expensive in the world in fact. Which isn't the same thing as pretending the US has a well-run and efficient welfare state, which it does not. Fun fact: the US spends more of its economy on its welfare state, than either Canada or Australia do, and just below Switzerland. That's simultaneously a testament to how massive the US welfare state has become, and how poor its efficiency often is (what with our world-topping per capita healthcare costs, nobody gets less bang for the buck on welfare spending than the US). The bottom 24%-28% (depending on the year) in the US receive free healthcare, which costs north of $700 billion per year. Medicaid alone costs around $650 billion now. The US further has an array of other free and subsidized healthcare programs, at the local/state/federal levels, and I suspect most foreigners are entirely ignorant that any of it exists. The various government systems of the US spend $9-$10 trillion per year, depending on the year, or roughly 40%-45% of the economy. Did you think that was all going to military spending?