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.