That’s not really true, as an American.
replyWe spend a ton on healthcare anyway, just inefficiently and in a way that causes stress and struggles for patients.
Yeah, the administrative overhead related to just the billing system is staggering. Many hospital systems have more billing professionals than they have beds.
replyWe spend more overall because our healthcare is bifurcated. There would be waste regardless of whether or not we socialize our healthcare completely. Look at Medicare as an example
replyDefend against who? You?
replyI am in Canada, and the USA recently threatened to invade us, basically.
So we need to buy weapons from the USA in order to defend ourselves from the USA?
Sounds like mafia protection schemes.
Sure, we are now a threat, but let’s not ignore Russia or China. Neither of them are breaking news and Russia is the immediate threat for most of the West, and until recently for you guys as well
replyI never heard Russia or China openly say they want to annex-invade Canada.
replyHowever, I did hear the USA president say that openly, recently and multiple times.
So pardon me for entirely rejecting your 'Russia+China = BAD, USA = GOOD' narrative.
I would even go as far as saying that today, the most immediate danger to World stability is Donald Trump and his USA, which are not friends to anyone anymore. Let us hope we can survive the next 3 years.
My original point stands. Your country was able to invest in healthcare because it didn’t spend enough on defense. It doesn’t matter who the aggressor is.
replyDo you think that if europe had tripled its defence spending over the last century the US would have spent more or less?
replyLess, which is implied by my first comment
replyI disagree, the US clearly enjoys being the biggest spender in the world
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