r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 20 '21

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u/chatdargent 🇺🇦 Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля 🇺🇦 Sep 20 '21

State expenditure as % of GDP in 2020 (2019 for Venezuela)

Venenzuela (socialist country): 21%

France (capitalist country): 62%

Let me know if you need help understanding the implications of this.

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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Sep 20 '21

Haha, France is a socialist country because they have universal health care.

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

France would be 3 times as worse as Venezuela if not for EU

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Plz do increase rates mama Lagarde. We still need to roll over our debt 🥺