I don't know, if you look at public health consumption expenditures per capita, current prices, current PPPs, 2015-2024, US is up there. It's mostly medicaid and medicare. You might not like how the money is being spent but the idea that US doesn't spend money on these things compared to other Western countries is just not true.
Same with education
> In 2019, the United States spent $15,500 per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student on elementary and secondary education, which was 38 percent higher than the average of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries of $11,300 (in constant 2021 U.S. dollars). At the postsecondary level, the United States spent $37,400 per FTE student, which was more than double the average of OECD countries ($18,400; in constant 2021 U.S. dollars).
I get that it's cool to say US doesn't spend on these kinds of things, but it's just not true. It's a rich country
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp...
Same with education
> In 2019, the United States spent $15,500 per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student on elementary and secondary education, which was 38 percent higher than the average of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries of $11,300 (in constant 2021 U.S. dollars). At the postsecondary level, the United States spent $37,400 per FTE student, which was more than double the average of OECD countries ($18,400; in constant 2021 U.S. dollars).
I get that it's cool to say US doesn't spend on these kinds of things, but it's just not true. It's a rich country
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp...