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Re:Norweigan oil fund by DanCarvajal on Thursday August 01, 2019 @10:33AM (#20583984)
U.S. Government spending is roughly 38% of GDP and in Norway it's 48%. I think it's safe to say that the U.S. can and does spend a lot, the debate is more towards what ends and how. I'm inclined to think we do a really poor job, with numerous reasons why.

Source: https://data.oecd.org/gga/general-government-spending.htm

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Re:Norweigan oil fund by coliveira on Thursday August 01, 2019 @10:48AM (#20584152)
Most spending in the US is squandered around war and socialism to the rich. The country has doing little int the last few decades to support science and combating global warming; they're also cutting social programs.
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Re:Norweigan oil fund by DanCarvajal on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:08AM (#20584417)
Like I said, various reasons.

Though in terms of science I'm not sure you're correct. U.S. spends above age in R&D spending as a percentage of GDP. Source: https://data.oecd.org/chart/5Dtz

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