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Re:Is the F-35 officially a failure? by simonsarris on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:14PM (#26984458)
> complete lack of social security net or poor access to education

I don't know what leads Americans to be consistently misinformed other than memetic doomsaying but the USA is 5th for education expenditure per capita, and 10th in per capita social welfare spending, both far ahead of OECD average and ahead of Japan, Switzerland, AUS, NL, UK, etc.

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Re:Is the F-35 officially a failure? by robert_foss on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:25PM (#26986964)
Amount of money spent is a poor indicator of services received.

Can anyone go to University? Are down on luck individuals more likely to receive housing or being sent to prison? Can old folks live off of their pension or do they have to work as greeters?

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Re:Is the F-35 officially a failure? by brokenmachine on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:14AM (#26989770)
Lol, lets create expensive private healthcare that only the privileged 0.01% can afford, then claim we're better because the only metric we're measuring is per capita spending! Brilliant!
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