The US government is actually on the smaller end of things in comparison with to other countries. Sure places like India and Afghanistan have smaller governments but they also have a lot of dysfunction.
Country Government Spending (% of GDP)
France 57.0%
Finland 55.6%
Italy 53.8%
Belgium 53.3%
Austria 52.7%
Greece 50.5%
Germany 48.4%
Spain 45.4%
United Kingdom 44.5%
United States 34.4%
Australia 26.8%
Ireland 22.7%
India 14.9%
Source: Trading Economics, Government Spending to GDP by Country
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-spending-to-gdp
Indeed. Still, wicked problems even at that level.
I have a close relation who went through the National War College recently in preparation for higher leadership at the Pentagon, and much of the discussion during that time regarded the risks at home and around the world due to unsustainably of financial situation, which gets discussed here ad nauseum—and of course is especially rich coming out of the Pentagon, but they certainly aren’t unaware.
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