On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:17 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
> I don't understand what you mean by "level of social spending". Do
> you mean government expenditure on health and welfare? If so then you
> must realise that the statistics you quote are meaningless, since US
> social spending on things like health care, education, pensions etc
> defined as private. But Maybe I'm missing the point?
Yeah, you are, because if the spending is private, it depends on your having the money to make the expenditure. That's not true of universal public programs.
Doug