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> They have it because they don't spend on defense like the USA does. That doesn't feel right to me. In the most recent year with data, as a percentage of gdp
by Lalo-ATX 1y ago
> They have it because they don't spend on defense like the USA does.
That doesn't feel right to me.
In the most recent year with data, as a percentage of gdp:
party healthcare military
eu 10.95% 1.56%
usa 17.36% 3.45%
stark difference, but "the only reason eu has socialized healthcare is because of their low military spending" just doesn't reconcile in my mind to the above numbers
[source data](https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/euu/european-union/military-spending-defense-budget https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/euu/eur...)