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We spend almost twice as much on Baby Boomer pensions as we do on the Military: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2018_Total_US_Government_Spending_Breakdown.
by Factorium 5y ago
We spend almost twice as much on Baby Boomer pensions as we do on the Military:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2018_Total_US_Government_Spending_Breakdown.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2018_Total_US_Government_...
And a huge sum again on healthcare, overwhelmingly used by the aged (50% of healthcare costs in the final 5 years of life).
America is a giant nursing home...
- qeternity 5y agoTotal social spending in the US per capita is #2 in the world (behind France). The US is a massive welfare agency with a small military on the side.
- wolverine876 5y agoCould you provide a citation?
- qeternity 5y agoOECD - https://www.oecd.org/social/expenditure.htm https://www.oecd.org/social/expenditure.htm
- wolverine876 5y agomerci