Idiotic...defending it , doesnt require 54% of budget and people are dying from not having health care including veterans. I dont think you know how bad most Americans have it compared to other developed nations. U need to travel a bit ( if u can afford it and have enough vacation time, which mostEuropeans, canadians, Australians have),
Yes, all that vacation time. That's why they are so industrious.
Nobody is dying from not having government healthcare. And remember, Europe doesn't need a huge military because they have the USA to back them up on any level. Without our military strength, they would have been overtaken years ago. But their foes (and ours) won't even try thanks to our military strength. We don't have a strong military to get into wars, we have a large military to ward off potential aggressors of the US and our ungrateful allies.
The funny part about your response is you claim government healthcare is the utopia, and in the same breath, criticize the government healthcare of our veterans. You also praise Europe, but moved here instead of Europe. If we have it so bad here, move TF out of here and go to Europe where it's so great! Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out either.
Just because I have moved here, did well, have healthcare that I pay from my pocket, doesnt mean health care system is wonderful. I'm more experienced about the world due to my traveling, me living here, and have knowledge about both Europe and the US than you, so your arguments lack facts and knowledge.
The US has a strong army and overspends while millions of Americans cant get health coverage, the military expansion is what brought down past world powers ( I know the poor education system didnt teach you that)
Check the happiest countries list : mostly european.
Best cars: European.
Best clothing brand names: european.
Best health system: European countries.
Better education system.
Better life expectancy
Safer in general...facts are facts , if my brother is alcoholic I'll say he is but ill still love him.
But i guess you are happy with contractors making billions out of the military industry and also ok with Americans have shorter life expectancy than their counterpart, and on top of that tons of them go bankrupt because of medical Bills, and millions are in debt because they decided to go college.
Most of the bankruptcies in regards to medical costs are not because of medical costs itself. When a person becomes ill, they usually can't work. Loss of income is what causes bankruptcies over medical bills.
Our life expectancy is not directly related to our medical care. In the US, we have the most vehicle fatalities than most any other country in the world; often young people. Our women work very late into pregnancy, often skipping prenatal care; not because of medical insurance, but to not disrupt family income or career. And that goes hand in hand with later age births. By the time a woman goes to college, gets her career in line, and finally decides to start a family, she's in her 30's and perhaps in her 40's. The later age a woman has a pregnancy, the more likely birth defects or miscarriages.
Speaking of which, many American households depend on fast food since the woman is working and not able to prepare nutritious meals. When I was a child, going to McDonald's or Burger King was a twice a year treat. Today, it's a weekly staple if not multiple times a week. We are the fattest people on the planet.
Another major factor is our diversity that no other countries have. In the US, you are eight times more likely to be murdered by a black person than a white. Yet you leftists always try to compare our country with other nearly all white countries. Like vehicle fatalities, many of those murdered are of younger age. If you compare our white only population in the US to European or other white countries, you'd probably find little difference in murder rates.
So your claim is bogus when you factor all the different elements of our country compared to others.
As far as safety, London had more knife murders than NYC gun murders last year. And you failed to answer my question, so one more time: If European life is so superior to ours, WTF did you move here, and why are you still here today? Move to Europe if you think it's so great.