And is less privatized for those public services, and doesn’t spend 5x what the rest of the word spends on a military industrial complex, and makes a lot of government income on natural resources.
I intentionally didn't want to name countries because this isn't about Canada or the US - it's a global issue and taxes (sadly) do not correlate to the level of public services.
I’ll take the lifestyle and economic security of Western Europe over anything in the US.
The US spends 3.4% of gdp on the military. This is nowhere near 5x the world average
I think you can find which stat I was pointing out, especially in real terms.