[tanaros]

Total EU defense spending is around $450M USD. The US defense budget, prior to 2027, is about $950M USD. Are you saying the US could have all those social policies for $500M USD?

[avidiax]

The US could have those benefits for free.

Single payer would be drastically cheaper than the current system.

The other benefits are just policies that slightly reduce GDP per capita based on a first order analysis.

We are able to afford so many other subsidies, so unclear why housing would be different.

[rescbr]

The US could simply give away $1 M per resident, removing the need for social policies and it would still come out cheaper.

[ImJamal]

The US has around 340 million people. Giving a million dollars to each one would be 340 trillion dollars.

[econ]

That sounds like a great idea.

It would devalue the dollar a bit but you can print new price tags.

Just create a new similar shit coin

[sokoloff]

Where does this ~$350 trillion dollars come from?!

[jbverschoor]

Exactly where all the dollars came from :D

[kasey_junk]

You aren’t counting the VA in your spending. That’s another 450 billion.