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Originally Posted by CommonReader
This would be far more acceptable if we were talking about some dirt poor African nation. Yet India is a country that affords istself nuclear weapons, a space program and they are about to buy state of the art French Rafale jet fighters. Apparently they believe it to be a priority to buy jet fighters instead of providing esential services like health care.
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If the Indian government were to subsidize healthcare for its vast poor population, then it'd get criticized for having a "socialist healthcare system" that supposedly doesn't make its doctors enough money and "doesn't encourage the poor to get better jobs." Either way, India loses.