[lbo-talk] Social Spending

Angelus Novus fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 20 12:52:04 PDT 2010


Wojtek:


> In the US, welfare and social services accounts for the whopping 5.7% of
> total government expenditure in 2009 up 1% from 4.5 in 1970.


> Is it any lower in Germany?

Amazing, you didn't even bother to read my post, did you?

See, the point was, when child-bearing subsidizes to rich housewives are subsumed under the statistical category of "social spending" in Germany, these questions about which country spends more on "social spending" are deceptive.



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