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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by antidaily on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:46AM (#19571555)
I love the US but we're rich enough to have all the amazing things they have in Europe and more (infrastructure, transportation, free healthcare, better schools). But we choose a bloated $1T defense budget, endless wars, and billionaire tax relief.
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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by 1PlayerOne on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:14AM (#19571870)
Totally agree with this. And I lived the American dream. Immigrated to US at 11 and went to Ivy League college. The US has been good to me. It is sad to travel to Europe and China to ride high speed rail and know that there will be no high speed rail in America in my lifetime. Sad!
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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by jki275 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:26AM (#19571997)
If the US did not spend what we do on defense, the EU would have to.
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