Rabble on Nostr: The US government is actually on the smaller end of things in comparison with to ...

The US government is actually on the smaller end of things in comparison with to other countries. Sure places like India and Afghanistan have smaller governments but they also have a lot of dysfunction.

Country Government Spending (% of GDP)
France 57.0%
Finland 55.6%
Italy 53.8%
Belgium 53.3%
Austria 52.7%
Greece 50.5%
Germany 48.4%
Spain 45.4%
United Kingdom 44.5%
United States 34.4%
Australia 26.8%
Ireland 22.7%
India 14.9%

Source: Trading Economics, Government Spending to GDP by Country

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-spending-to-gdp