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Yet France provides far more social services to its citizens with less money per capita than Mississippi. I guess the difference is mainly due to immense spendi
by cudgy 4y ago
Yet France provides far more social services to its citizens with less money per capita than Mississippi. I guess the difference is mainly due to immense spending on defense and medical care.
- rayiner 4y agoDefense is a drop in the bucket, 3.5% of GDP in the US versus 2% in France. The difference is taxes and what people have let after taxes. France’s taxes are 45% of GDP, versus 25% in the US. The French have universal healthcare, but Americans have bigger trucks and more TVs. And based on their voting patterns, they prefer it this way, whatever you think about their priorities.
- native_samples 4y agoHaving been to a French hospital and having been shocked by what I saw there, I wouldn't assume that more spending automatically equals more services.