The United States is the wealthiest country on the face of the planet, but when it comes to per-capita government spending, the U.S. is near the bottom of industrialized countries, below even the former Soviet States of Latvia and Estonia.
Why? The 1%, their #Republican stooges, and the persistent lie that when others get ahead, it means they took it from us (#ZeroSum). The wealthy and powerful win when they get us to distrust each other.