Whispering-Depths t1_j1ny3ih wrote
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Dude, you are seriously confused.
Wealthiest country = most efficient at taking money from their population and others.
Wealthiest country DOES NOT EQUAL wealthiest average person. The median person in the USA brings in 30k/year and they DO NOT get free healthcare. Everything is out of pocket - insurance and everything, and most insurance companies only pay for 80% of anything, and they only approve the most cost-friendly and barely life-necessary procedures.
On top of that, everyone and their uncle gets to deal with scammers and people trying to cheat the system at everyone else's detriment.
The wealthiest country would be least likely to give their citizens potable water for free. More likely they would rely on citizens being self-sufficient and handing out water to others for free.
idog99 t1_j1olgr3 wrote
The wealthiest country is the country that produces more than 30% of the total world's economic output. It's the country with the richest citizens and the most accrued wealth in the world.
I get that Luxembourg and Singapore have a higher GDP on average, but these nations are not the wealthiest in the world.
Whispering-Depths t1_j1pzsss wrote
most concentrated wealth, tbh. imagine if you cut off the top five percent of population wealth and compared to other countries per capita when you do the same there
DrPreppy t1_j1qbdc6 wrote
Your last paragraph seems quite confused. The nation benefits from all the population having access to necessities so that all can succeed. Same with education and health care.
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