[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[John Clark]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 10:43 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*>> According to you medical care for its population is too expensive for
>> the US government to carry but for some mysterious reason it's NOT too
>> expensive for the government of Japan to carry *
>>
>
> *> If it isn't too expensive yet, it soon will be, perhaps by the end of
> this year. *
>

*I am willing to bet you and I will give you 100 to 1 odds that on January
1, 2027 the average Japanese will STILL live substantially longer than the
average American and per capita Japan will STILL spend substantially less
on medical care than the USA. The US doesn't have all the answers, we can
actually learn things from other countries!  *


*John K Clark*
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