News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018). Parent comment

Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by jpt1 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:06PM (#20345561)
Having military bases in Europe (if that's what you're referring to) is mutually beneficial to the the U.S and Europe but I wouldn't call it a subsidy. It's done primarily to preserve America's global sphere of influence.

The economic stimulus ended in the 50's, the cold war 30yrs ago.

You can have free healthcare as well as Pax Americana. If anything I believe that free healthcare (and a better education system) would keep Pax Americana around a lot longer.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by himeexcelanta on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:09PM (#20345600)
Agreed with your last point.

The US didn’t fund European security due to its kind nature. Rather, it was due to realpolitik concerns that there would rise another violent, genocidal European hegemon bent on world domination which would invariably threaten US security.

[ Parent | on HN ]