I see many comments pointing out that European nations spend more on public benefits like healthcare. This is demonstrably false. The US gov't spends more on he

I see many comments pointing out that European nations spend more on public benefits like healthcare. This is demonstrably false. The US gov't spends more on healthcare - per taxpayer - than do European nations. The US government is simply extremely inefficient and wasteful. But the money is spent. Here's a chart. Note that in the US, public health spending accounts for 45% of total health spending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_health_expenditure_per_capita,_US_Dollars_PPP.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_health_expenditure_p...