I'm really curious about your disdain for European health care.DropEmJayBird wrote:As far as health care, I don't know about anyone else, but I would not want to go to a hospital in one of these social utopia's in Europe if I needed care.
The average life expectancy in the US is 78.2 years, 38th in the world. Behind Denmark, Luxembourg, Ireland, France, Finland, Germany, UK, Belgium, Greece, The Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland and others.
The infant mortality rate in the US is 33rd in the world, behind almost all of those countries.
The under 5 years of age mortality rate of the US is also 33rd, behind almost all of those countries.
The US has a higher death rate from cancer than the Finland, Sweden, France and Norway.
The US has a higher death rate from heart disease than France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Germany.
I could look up more things, but I think it's pretty clear that the health care in the US isn't wildly superior to health care in Europe. I'm not saying our health care system sucks, because it doesn't. But I'm not sure where people get the idea that Europe is a festering pile is death and disease.