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Ummm... you do realize the public spending on international projects is miniscule, ~5% at most. If you want to attack spending, go after SS, medicare, and medic
by newt0311 18y ago
Ummm... you do realize the public spending on international projects is miniscule, ~5% at most. If you want to attack spending, go after SS, medicare, and medicade. These programs just by themselves eat up ~50% of the US federal budget and more on the state level. If you are talking about military spending overseas, then note the fact that just medicaid uses up as much money every year as the war in Iraq has used up in its entire duration.
- jhancock 18y agoI do not include SS, medicare, medicaid because this is not new spending. These are old "debts". Yes, those programs are too expensive, but its a whole different problem category.
- jules 18y agoThat 50% is a big number. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport & the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in the Netherlands spend 13.8% + 23.9% = 37.7% of the federal budget. Maybe SS+medicare+medicaid is more than the 37.7%, but I think that social services and healthcare is more extensive in the Netherlands than in the US. Why is there such a big difference in spending?
- newt0311 18y agoGovernment rationing. Difference in population. Differnce in perfornamce: If you want a hip-replacement, in the US, you can scheule the surgery on the same day, in the UK, you need to wait at least a week. The Chances of surviving cancer in the US are drastically higher than in the US. Most drug research is carried out here in the US. Our medical system may be expensive but by some counts, its worth it.