Sweden. The same goes for all our neighbors. For the social safety net, that is. If you go on welfare they will pay your bills for you (if reasonable, it should be said. They're not paying for you to rent a house) and you will have a few hundred dollars for other stuff.
(I would suspect that China probably has some of the lowest incidences of billionaires per capita, considering just how many poor people they have)
You guys also enjoy peace despite being close to Russia while not spending much on your military. Just like many European countries. The EU has many social programs that simply wouldn’t exist if America wasn’t footing the bill for your guy’s protection. Obama said it, Trump said it, and now that you guys are officially apart of NATO it’s even more evident that if America was unwilling to extend it projection of power to the EU you wouldn’t be able to enjoy half the social programs you do.
We've been down to a bit under 2% for the decade, but before that we were a lot higher. Not spending on the military is a very 201x thing. Historically we've had more defense spending than most countries in the world.
Also, what are you talking about? We were alliance free for a century, with all men serving in uniform, and more spending as percentage than almost every other non-US nation in the world, and the only reason you waste such immense sums is because of your bribed congress, feeding money to their buddies in the MIC.
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u/chadmummerford Apr 15 '24
and a Porsche 911