[inaros]

Is it ok now to call the US electorate suckers?

"US Republicans consider health care cuts to fund Iran war" - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-republicans-consider-he...

A reminder Israel has both universal healthcare and tuition free university...and voted yesterday to give $255 million to ultra-Orthodox programs and institutions, including yeshivas...that actually refuse to engage in military conscription...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/opposition-mks-voted-to-alloca...

[ceejayoz]

> Is it ok now to call the US electorate suckers?

I don't think you have to wait for 2026 on that one.

[algo_trader]

> Israel has both universal healthcare and tuition free university

This is both wrong and off topic.

Israel health care is funded by a 5% additional income tax tier. non working people pay a significant fixed annual fee.

University is not free. $5K for the public institutions - which have limited admissions. $10K for many of the spill over private institutions.

Now - about those space lasers ....

[Synaesthesia]

5k is almost free. And yes you pay tax to find universities. Makes sense. Paying full tuition in the USA is like paying a tax, only worse, it's a lot more.

[etiennebausson]

As disgusted as I am with Israel's action over the last 80 years, put the blame where it belong.

5k is far from nothing, it is more than enough in any country than subsidize higher education.

Which is most of the world at this point.

[Synaesthesia]

I mean have you seen what US colleges cost?

[etiennebausson]

The US is very much an outlier.

This give a very different picture:

https://www.studyineurope.eu/tuition-fees/