Originally Posted by Kestrel
Germany is also many times smaller than the United States. There is no way that the US goverment can afford to maintain the thousands upon thousands of miles of interstate to the same level that Germany can maintain the Autobahn. There are almost 45,000 miles of interstate in the US, compared to less than 7000 in Germany. Also German drivers are required to pass more stringent tests and start driving at an older age, things that would never fly here in the US.
Sure there is. The US spends an ungodly amount of money in military spending and intelligence. Our spending is far far far far far beyond everyone else. The next highest is like 15x less in what we spend. I know the need for military spending and intelligence is important, but if we took 5% ... just 5% of what we spend on military budget, we would have a drastic improvement on our roads, schools, etc.