or living wage, or affordable housing

The US government only disagrees on matters which support the average citizen. Other than that, both sides are in lockstep when it comes to voting on bills...

They already spend a ton of public dollars on health. The problem is that it goes to insurance companies, administrative staff, and the downstream health costs of inadequate early access to care.

how do you think it has the biggest army in the world

Saigon Valley

Truly demonstrates how wildly preposterous it is at its core. Space exploration makes countries focus together on a bigger picture, which everyone's also interested in, and even makes us realize what our taxes are capable of financing. Regardless, its worth it alone just for showing youngsters how fascinating and worthwhile science is as a career choice...

Two of these are not being pulverized by a nuclear power at the moment.