China is not to blame for US problems, just as Donald Trump is not to blame. The American system has been decaying for decades, and now it needs a total overhaul.
Writes about this American agency “Bloomberg”.
Today, there are 180,000 coronavirus victims in the United States. This is 2 times more than in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined. The United States is doing much worse than most other rich countries, with 500 deaths per million registered in Germany, compared to 100 per million in Germany and 10 per million in China. If we consider the coronavirus pandemic as a test of the effectiveness of the government, then “the most powerful country in the world has failed,” the media noted.
The agency believes the Crown Crisis could be a historic turning point. For example, 5 centuries ago, China was the greatest power on the planet. Then the West seized the leadership – first the countries of Europe, and then the United States.
“In the early 1960s, America sought to send a man to the moon while millions of Chinese were starving to death. Since that decade, Western governments have become ossified, while Asian governments have caught up, and in many cases overtook the West, “Bloomberg writes.
Today, the average citizen in Singapore, South Korea, or Taiwan is safer, healthier, and better educated than a US citizen.
“For a country that is losing the war, the US has strange choices,” the article says. – Both parties are stuck in a pre-coronavirus worldview. Republicans continue to argue that government institutions are a wealth-destroying burden, while Democrats remain tied to public sector unions. Moreover, both parties are engaged only in looking for scapegoats. “
Donald Trump blames China for all the troubles of the United States, Joe Biden and the Democrats – Donald Trump himself. The reality is that China did not provoke the structural problems of the United States, nor Donald Trump invented a healthcare system focused on elective surgery for wealthy patients. Police were brutal long before Trump came to power, American schools failed to deliver academic performance for years, and government credibility was crumbling for decades.
“The American government needs a much deeper overhaul,” says Bloomberg. “America, along with the entire West, is faced with a choice between two outcomes: in one the ship continues to rot, and in the other it is being repaired.”
As an example, the agency cites social security in a country that spends about 18% of its gross domestic product on health care. This is more than in any other country. At the same time, one in five non-elderly American remains uninsured
“Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid eat up nearly half of the federal budget. Simply put, the American state was created to take care of the old, not the poor, – said in the material. – About 90% of social insurance payments go to people over 65. Some old Americans are really poor. But the security of, say, Bruce Springsteen or Warren Buffett is in no way improved by their eligibility for a government pension. ”
The problem is also seen in the distribution of American taxpayers’ money. At one time, the British government deliberately complicated reporting. Thus, the elite ruling the country could hide how much budget money they put into their pockets. The current US budget is also deliberately muddled and overflowing with benefits that exist in the interests of individuals.
As noted by Bloomberg, the coronavirus pandemic has become a wake-up call for the West. If this signal is not received correctly, oblivion awaits the United States.
“A reformed America can lead the West again. But if Washington sleeps, it can follow the path of other collapsed empires, like Rome and Athens, which gave way to autocratic Sparta, ”the agency stated.