It is a myth that the US doesn't spend enough on social services.

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jojoju1998:
If you take into account, state, and local government spending, we spend alot of money on social welfare/education for the population.

https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/public-welfare-expenditures

Vice President Christian Man:
There is a difference between spending and efficiency. Take our military for example. We spend by far more than any other country on Earth, but if we were to focus on quality over quantity, we could reduce our military budget while simultaneously improving the quality of our military.

dead0man:
like with everything else, it's the administrative bloat.  Hopefully AI takes care of most of those leaches.

○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└:
We have more public spending on healthcare per capita than any country, and yet outcomes aren't anywhere as good as many other countries.

Benjamin Frank 2.0:
You're arguing two separate things. 'Spending a lot' is not the same as 'spending enough.'

Both of these are subjective arguments to begin with. However, contrary to the posts above mine, I think the evidence of 'administrative bloat' is actually very thin and that there is a lot of truth to 'you get what you pay for' when it comes to public services.

What is correct is that it is extremely expensive to actually 'solve' any problem of any size and that there are nowhere near enough resources to come close to 'solving' every problem.

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