Bernie Sanders: “Canadians are spending about half of that per person.”

“Per person, over $13,000. Spending 13,000 on you, 13,000 on me. 13,000 on a five year old. 13,000 on a 90 year old. All right, 13,000 per person. Over $4 trillion nationally. Canadians are spending about half of that per person. And they're taking care of everybody. Yes. And the British are spending less than that. Other countries a little bit less. But does that affect us with the population number that we have?” (23:35–23:40)

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