I'm just talking about government spending. If you add private spending it is even more unbalanced. Just per capita government spending alone:
US $12k
Germany $8k
UK $6k
Medicaid + Medicare is 22% of all US federal spending. Defense is 13%.
I don't know where you're getting your numbers but according to OECD, the per capita spending in the US is 13k. That's public and private spending. I don't think your 12k per capita number is just public spending.
I don't know where you're getting your numbers but according to OECD, the per capita spending in the US is 13k. That's public and private spending. I don't think your 12k per capita number is just public spending.