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Re:Government Hired a Firm for $13.6M to Hire Recruits. It H... by isostatic on Friday December 14, 2018 @11:52AM (#18682231)
The US spends $10200 a year per head on healthcare, most of it ($8k a year) government or compulsory spending.

Canada spends $4800 a year on healthcare in total -- under half that of the U.S. Israel spends $2800.

That's a sign of a broken system.

Use Canada's system, cut your mediacare/aid tax, and your companies no longer need to spend money on healthcare when employing them. Using Canada's system removes the tax on jobs that the U.S. loves so much.

> You get to have that system because the US has taken on the role of global police

Why? Who benefitted from invading Iraq? Who benefits from a dozen different aircraft carrier groups around the world?

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Re:Government Hired a Firm for $13.6M to Hire Recruits. It H... by jki275 on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:23PM (#18682568)
You act as though "invading Iraq" is the only thing the US military has ever done. That's a little myopic, don't you think?

Again, your numbers don't really have any meaning on the healthcare thing. It's a far more complex discussion than you are attempting to make it.

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Re:Government Hired a Firm for $13.6M to Hire Recruits. It H... by isostatic on Friday December 14, 2018 @03:52PM (#18684622)
No country in the world comes close to health spending as the US. I'm sure that's american exceptionalism though.

The U.S. military doesn't seem to protect anyone against modern threats - terrorism, propaganda, rigging elections, etc.

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Re:Government Hired a Firm for $13.6M to Hire Recruits. It H... by jki275 on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:57AM (#18698410)
Fortunately for you, you will never understand the threats you never saw.
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