Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Friday March 11, 2022 @06:55AM
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Americans chose great army instead of healthcare.
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Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by weberer on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:09AM
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The United States spends more money per capita in healthcare than any country in the world, and 2-3x as much as most European welfare states. There are a lot of problems with the system, but "not enough money funneling into it" is not one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by iso1631 on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:48AM
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The US government still spends more on healthcare as a total amount per person (about $1.4T, or $3,880 per person, just for medicare+medicaid), compared with the UK (about $3,300 per person)
The US as a whole in 2019 spent 16% of its GDP on Health, 4% on Military
The UK meanwhile spent 10% on Health and 3% on Military
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Thursday March 17, 2022 @02:36AM
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Have you been to a doctors office in the US? There are more administrators filling out insurance papers than doctors. US spends money on healthcare administration, not on healthcare. The same dollar in the US buys ten times less insulin than a dollar in Canada.
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by splintercell on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:33AM
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Soon you will learn what happens when Americans don’t choose a great army.
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by iso1631 on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:42AM
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Well this "great army" doesn't seem to have stopped Putin invading Ukraine
Caused a few wars though
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by splintercell on Saturday March 12, 2022 @12:55AM
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I suggest listening to Peter Zeihan. Americans have stopped caring about the world order, this is the consequence of that.
Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
by ZeroGravitas on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:32AM
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They even chose "socialized medicine for the Army" to further drive the point home.