r/PublicFreakout Oct 01 '24

🌎 World Events Missile impacts in Israel

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u/TehPorkPie Oct 01 '24

Don't you already spend more on healthcare as a nation per person than places like Sweden/UK etc.?

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u/LurkerInSpace Oct 01 '24

They do, but citizens never read their countries' budgets, so they have a completely warped idea of where their taxes actually go.

America in particular has made this worse with the concept of "discretionary spending" which only muddies the waters.