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danny_codes 5 hours ago

Reductive tropes?OP is pointing out a serious flaw in US federal spending. Namely our lack of spending on healthcare and our intensive spending on killing people from a distance

DarmokJalad1701 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> Namely our lack of spending on healthcare

The federal govt spent about 2.6-2.8 trillion dollars[1] on healthcare in 2025 - including Medicare, Medicaid, ACA subsidies, VA/DoD health and federal employee benefits). In what world is that "lack of spending" ?

[1] https://www.pgpf.org/article/healthcare-spending-will-be-one...