[piker]

Do you have a metric to support that theory? It’s good for the European story for that to be true, but hard to quantify.

[FrenchDevRemote]

I don't have the exact metrics, but free healthcare, free education, and enough benefits to not be homeless and hungry seems like more than what poor Americans get.

[lotsoweiners]

Poor Americans have essentially free healthcare. It is called Medicaid.

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/eligibility/index.html

Over 82,000,000 people are enrolled in Medicaid.

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medica...

America has lots of programs that assist poor and/or disabled people: SNAP, Unemployment, VA, SSI, SSDI, TANF, Section 8, Childcare Assistance etc. Some people don’t want to bother to apply/jump through hoops to get them but they exist.