We don't spend a LITTLE more, either. We spend a lot more.
The spending might be sustainable if our economy could be relied upon to stay robust. But it isn't robust, and will be less and less so in the future.
We can't continue this way.
'U.S. Spends More Per Person than Portugal, Italy, Greece, or Spain'
9:02 AM, May 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
WeeklyStandard.com
The Republican Senate Budget Committee will release this new chart later today, showing that the "U.S. Spends More Per Person Than Portugal, Italy, Greece, Or Spain."

More: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/us-spends-more-person-portugal-italy-greece-or-spain_645031.html

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