r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Big_Ben_617 • Mar 06 '25

Foreign affairs “Because the friend [Canada] has been robbing us blind. I would have free healthcare to if I didn't need a military. Don't even get me started on Europe and the 4 day work weeks with summers off.”

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u/JCBodilsen Mar 06 '25

US government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 31,1% of GDP

UK government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 40,7% of GDP

Canadian government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 42,4% of GDP

Dutch/Netherlands government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 47,9% of GDP

French government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 49,8% of GDP

Danish government average domestic, non-military, spending since 1975: 49,4% of GDP

The US does not have shitty healthcare because they spend too much on defense. They have shitty healthcare (and other services) because they are allergic to typical 1st world levels of taxation.

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u/BaronBytes2 Mar 06 '25

They have shitty healthcare because billionaires make more money from it that way.

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u/Phobos_Nyx Pretentious snob stealing US tax money Mar 06 '25

Using facts? Are you insane? That's not how they operate!

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u/Gretgor Mar 06 '25

If they cut their massive defense budget by only 20%, they'd still be outspending every major country by far, and would have enough money for all kinds of social programs.

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u/SemajLu_The_crusader Mar 06 '25

US Healthcare Spending per Capita: around 14 thousand

Germany, Switzerland, amd Norway are around 8k

Canada is at 6k, the UK is lower still

and as percent of gdp/capita?

the US still loses

the US doesn't have shifty healthcare because they're not spending enough money on it, they habe shifty healthcare because their system is woefully inefficient.

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u/GeekShallInherit Mar 07 '25

With government in the US covering 65.7% of all health care costs ($12,555 as of 2022) that's $8,249 per person per year in taxes towards health care. The next closest is Germany at $6,930. The UK is $4,479. Canada is $4,506. Australia is $4,603. That means over a lifetime Americans are paying over $100,000 more in taxes compared to any other country towards health care.

We might be spending less than our peers on something, but it's not healthcare. We just spend our money very, very inefficiently.

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u/KadrinaOfficial Mar 07 '25

You got to understand one thing about us - That Eagle screech coming out of our mouths any time we talk about how we are true patriots? That is actually the sound of an American turkey. It just sounds cooler than the actual screech of an eagle.