Other countries also have universal healthcare, free tertiary education and all sorts of things you would expect from a developed country. I've come to the con

Other countries also have universal healthcare, free tertiary education and all sorts of things you would expect from a developed country. I've come to the conclusion that the US is just a rich country with a huge military industrial complex that masquerades as a developed country while doing all the things it denigrates poorer countries for. So while the USA can definitely afford to be a developed country I wouldn't hold your breath.