Mais de 50 milhões Americanos estão no programa "Medicaid" - o programa de pagar os custos de saúde para os pobre; O progama "Medicare" vai explodir com o aumento dos velhos nas próximas décadas.
a maior empresa do mundo é o militar Americano;
a industria de automóveis nos Estdos Unidos é praticamente estadizado, igual como o setor financeiro.
Note que estas observações estão tendências recentes. A prognóstica das consequências é obvia. O governo Americano fala "capalismo" é pratica socialismo. Os Chineses falam "comunismo" é praticam capitalismo quase puro. O governo brasileiro anuncia "socialismo" e pratica livre mercado.
More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007…
USA Today,
"... More than 40 million people get food stamps, an increase of nearly 50% during the economic downturn, according to government data through May. The program has grown steadily for three years…
Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance, nearly four times the number from 2007. Benefits have been extended by Congress eight times beyond the basic 26-week program, enabling the long-term unemployed to get up to 99 weeks of benefits. Caseloads peaked at nearly 12 million in January —…
More than 4.4 million people are on welfare, an 18% increase during the recession…
As caseloads for all the programs have soared, so have costs. The federal price tag for Medicaid has jumped 36% in two years, to $273 billion. Jobless benefits have soared from $43 billion to $160 billion. The food stamps program has risen 80%, to $70 billion. Welfare is up 24%, to $22 billion. Taken together, they cost more than Medicare.
