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minus-square100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoIsn’t the military like 3% of the gdp and Healthcare somewhere around 20% in the US?
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoKeep in mind, 80% of that is private spending on insurance premiums and out of pocket expenses. Americans spend a lot on mediocre healthcare because we have to line the pockets of insurance companies and drug companies.
minus-squareTheMongoose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoAnd yet you’ll still go into debt forever to pay for your own healthcare. But at least basically anyone can own a gun, so yay freedom, I guess.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year ago Via https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoId lump benefits for veterans as part of the military.
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAs well as the expenses of WIC for military families, since they don’t get paid enough.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou see, it’s NASA wasting our tax money 😜
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoDon’t confuse government spending and GDP (like I did at first). This is the government budget, which is a fraction of the whole GDP, since taxes aren’t nearly 100%. I suspect you’re both right, although it’s closer to 4% of GDP IIRC.
Isn’t the military like 3% of the gdp and Healthcare somewhere around 20% in the US?
Keep in mind, 80% of that is private spending on insurance premiums and out of pocket expenses.
Americans spend a lot on mediocre healthcare because we have to line the pockets of insurance companies and drug companies.
And yet you’ll still go into debt forever to pay for your own healthcare.
But at least basically anyone can own a gun, so yay freedom, I guess.
Via https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
Id lump benefits for veterans as part of the military.
As well as the expenses of WIC for military families, since they don’t get paid enough.
You see, it’s NASA wasting our tax money 😜
Don’t confuse government spending and GDP (like I did at first). This is the government budget, which is a fraction of the whole GDP, since taxes aren’t nearly 100%.
I suspect you’re both right, although it’s closer to 4% of GDP IIRC.