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All your American health care figures show is that their present system is horribly ineffecient. They are paying top dollar and can only provide care for 44% of the population. They are in a bigger crises by far than we are. If they followed our system, without private companies raking off their profits, their 14% of the GNP should drop. Our health care system isn't perfect, but like democracy it's the best alternative.
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The US would never follow our system.
As a country, they value the idea of choice more then us Canadians.
But lets for the sake of agreeing say they DO follow our system. I'm pretty sure they would spend more on Health Care then they do on the military. Probably around 1 trillion dollars.
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Socially progressive, to me, means not having to settle our disputes with force. The military is force, so it should be a last resort, not used and funded with out thought.
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Sometimes the only way to settle a dispute is through brute force.
Also, the military is not always used as 'force.' There are many branches within the military that do other things. Army Corps of Engineers, Parajumpers, etc, etc.