Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "Bernie Sanders"
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@chrish564 People die from untimely EMS and waiting lists in Sweden and Finland all the time, including people I knew personally. The lies about how great everything is regarding healthcare in Nordic countries are just that. My State has less than 3/5 the population of Finland, but has more EMS, more hospitals, more clinics, dental offices, orthodontists, Air Ambulances/Life Flights, medical research institutes, universities, and specialty clinics.
US healthcare is better than anywhere else in the world, even with all of our problems.
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@chrish564 Yes, we are absolutely propping up each of those nations and have been with Bretton Woods for almost 70 years.
Norway gets its Air Force, most of their drugs, medical devices, diagnostic equipment, computers, electronics, etc. from the US and is happy to do so.
Same with Denmark...
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We fire-bombed Germany with thermite during WWII, then re-built them and propped them up throughout the Cold War. I lived in West Germany during some of the Cold War because we were there to help with the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon.
UK has relied on US military and technology-sharing since WWII, while contributing their share of that space, though they did terminate some of their major defense programs because they couldn’t afford them.
Afghanistan and Iraq were distractions from Europe and the Pacific, and are not elementary to US/NATO defense posture against Russia or China. France and Germany worked against us in Iraq, but were part of ISAF in Afghanistan because they’re bailing out European banks with Afghan opium money. That’s where most of the revenue from the Afghan opium trade goes (euro banks).
UK worked with us in Iraq because it’s their mess they made after The Great War, and they’re on the Great British Pound, not the Euro. France and Germany were benefiting from Saddam trading in Euros, which is why they helped Saddam in 2003. German forces were right there in Kuwait reporting on US and UK order of battle before we invaded.
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@chrish564 "Millions of Americans claim bankruptcy each year because of healthcare expenses.” This is false. There aren’t even that many bankruptcies per year in the US total. This is from Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcies each year in the entire US:
2016: 794,960
2017: 789,020
2018: 773,418
2019: 774,940
2020: 544,463
2021: 434,540
Remember that there are now at least 335 million people in the US. Most people who file for bankruptcy due to medical costs didn’t use the available Medicare or Medicaid, or were forced off their plan.
Many of the expensive procedures that are available in the US are not available in the Nordic countries. They are relatively poor when it comes to healthcare.
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@knowledgeanddefense1054 Much of the US defense budget goes into Continental defense of North America through NORAD, continental defense of Europe through NATO, and Pacific region defense through our force presence and allies throughout the Pacific rim. The US has been withdrawing from these regions since 1992, not increasing our presence, despite everything that has been erroneously reported by the media.
It’s not just an Army, but a massive, multi-continental Air Force, and a Navy that polices the trade routes. Without the US navy and forward-deployed USAF bases, regional dictators get adventurous and like to flex on their neighbors and choke points for trade. We don’t really need to be in all those places for our own benefit, since we make our own energy, food, and essential products.
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@bigfriki Switzerland is a beautiful place to visit for sure, with one of the most ethnically-homogenous populations in Europe, and a population of 8.7 million people (same as Virginia).
Switzerland is extremely strict on who they allow into the country to work or live, and it's very difficult to get citizenship there.
They are not members of the EU, not in NATO, and have tight border controls. Cost of living in Switzerland is very high, in addition to high taxation rates.
Geographically set in a high mountainous enclave of the Alps, they are unique even by European standards.
It would be difficult to apply the Swiss model to any other country or State really, though Austria is the closest nation I can think of that I've been to.
They do have an interesting approach to distribution of select-fire (automatic and semi-automatic capable) military assault rifles into all the residences where trained Swiss Army able-bodied citizens reside, and regularly get together for shooting matches with these assault rifles, then have a large glass of beer in tents afterwards laughing at how barbaric the US is.
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