>>I fail to see the relation between your annual budget and electing a proper candidate.
>>So are you telling me you can't elect a proper presedent because you spend a huge amount on defense?
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>Nope. I didn't say that we can't elect a proper president.
>You did.

I did, but you drew up a relation between the budget and electing a proper candidate. So tell me how is your budget constraining the election of a proper candidate?

>>>Not hard to figure why your government can take better care of its sick people.
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>>Please enlighten me. Why do americans spend the most money on healthcare per capita of all nations world wide while only receiving mediocre quality?
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>We're working on that one.
>Not doing a very good job, but spending $600 billion on defense isn't helping.

Again, you're assuming that you need money to do that, which isn't the case. The effort should be making it cheaper and better, not more expensive and better.
It is about choices... but if someone suggest looking at system in other countries (which by definition are socialistic systems), people in the US get an allergy attaque. The problem is political, not money.

>>Are you telling me that with spending more money on healthcare it automatically leads to inferiour quality? >
>No, but your suggestion that it might has some merit.
>In our business, I've seen more total failures in systems with large budgets than in those with small budgets.

True.