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True, but I don't think grandparent commenter claimed it was “good” - instead, I think they were replying to the claim that the US won’t or refuses to spend mon
by no-name-here 8mo ago
True, but I don't think grandparent commenter claimed it was “good” - instead, I think they were replying to the claim that the US won’t or refuses to spend money on those things.
- testing22321 8mo agoSo the US doesn’t spend the money, and it doesn’t provide services to its citizens. The citizens themselves have to pay from their own pocket, and they get substandard services because the whole thing is setup to maximize profits for private companies.
- no-name-here 8mo ago> So the US doesn’t spend the money, and it doesn’t provide services to its citizens. The citizens themselves have to pay from their own pocket The three examples in bko's grandparent comment you'd replied to were education, medicaid, and medicare.
- testing22321 8mo agoSo it spends more than other countries, but gets worse results? … that’s not a flex.
- no-name-here 8mo agoI read bko’s comment as merely pointing out that the claim that the US doesn't spend money on those things was untrue. > that's not a flex Was there something about bko’s comment that made you believe they thought it was a “flex”? (I'd similarly say the US spends a lot but doesn’t get good results.)