10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 23 Mar 2023 \ parent \ on: Are Bank Failures a Sign of More Trouble Ahead? | Ron Paul bitcoin
Fine. Call it whatever you want, but the US spends more on direct government transfers than most "welfare states", so it's not an unreasonable label.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @alevu 23 Mar 2023
Not proportional to GDP, but in absolute number, possibly.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 23 Mar 2023
I was thinking per capita, where the US is 10th, but it's 16th as % of GDP.
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