America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented

Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by recursivedoubts on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:47PM (#25638628)

Yes, I agree. But the comment implied neglect, which is false. Our education system is a mess, but it's not due to neglect, and it doesn't have anything to do with manufacturing being shipped abroad.

As a side note, the US has the second highest public spending per capita (second only to Norway, last I checked). Our Government spends more per citizen than all but one "socialist" country. We then of course spend another doubling of that in private expenditures, and, yes, get worse outcomes.

The US is in a very bad spot.

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Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by s1artibartfast on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:54PM (#25640532)

While I am generally sympathetic to the education and healthcare points, I would be interested in seeing the public spending per capita after defense spending.

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Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by recursivedoubts on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:00PM (#25640576)

I should have been clearer: that is public spending on healthcare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...

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Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by s1artibartfast on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:09PM (#25640641)

Thanks for clarifying.

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Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by greedo on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:08PM (#25638924)

How much of that public spending is on the prison industrial complex? On "law and order?" Not all public spending is equal.

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Re:America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented by recursivedoubts on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:00PM (#25640572)

That is public spending on healthcare:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...

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