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Originally Posted by Azure
No, they need major reform on their social programs, not major reinvestment. They already spend a record amount of money on healthcare.
I find it mind-boggling how you actually believe that the US should just pull another trillion dollars out of its ass to pay for 'social services.'
They don't have the money. They're already going bankrupt. You can't just spend even more. The whole system needs to be reworked.
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And this I completely agree with, we have a funny thought process going on in the U.S and even in Canada that the failure in Social and Health programs is the fault of a lack of funds or the amount of money thats thrown at it, and that we can simply fix these problems by throwing money at it.
The U.S is spending over $7,000.00 per person on healthcare and Canada topped $5170.00. Both top 5 in the world.
There's a problem with effective spending and getting bang for the buck, not the amount of money spent.
Thats one of the reasons why Obama's health care reform isn't strong enough. Its one of the reasons why Canada's health care system is failing. We just throw money down a well and have no expectations that its being spent effectively and actually providing services.