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Americans and socialism
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Socialism in america only exists for corporations. "Hey bankers! Screwed up again? Here's more money to play with."
The USA actually spends several billions, if not trillions on Medicare (meant for the old) and Medicaid (meant for the poor, and single mothers, and young children) combined.
source - and that's just Medicare.
I agree with you that it's weird that corporations get a bailout, instead of selling the company to competitors, but no need to act like the USA doesn't spend a TON of money on its citizens, keeping their head above water :)
That's because the American healthcare system is infected with middle men parasites.