Let's try this again. You're conflating "capitalism" on a national scale with "social welfare" on the internal scale. You have both, and they are two different things. Every nation with a functioning economy exports stuff to other markets. Nobody is arguing against that or calling it a bad thing. It's not even "capitalism" because there is no formal international economy. It's just trade.
As for reliance on exports, Germany is actually the largest exporting nation in the world, ahead of China and then the U.S. And they take famously good care of their people. So there you go, the world's three largest exporters by a very close margin have three different social welfare systems. I'd rather see America more like Germany than China, because that is in fact a real option.
For the record, America is the largest importer of goods, at about three times that of the #2, Germany ironically. If no-holds-barred American capitalism weren't outsourcing our entire industrial economy to China, we might actually be able to afford "socialism" like a guaranteed health system. Interesting dichotomy that.
I believe I said that "our evil capitalist" society was providing an outlet for all those country's exports... maybe something was lost in the length of the post(?) (I mainly mentioned that because piecewise brought up capitalism as something evil.) Also, last I checked, it was China/Germany/US (exports) and US/China/Germany (imports)... but it may flip flop from time to time. (also, last I checked was a couple hours ago... and just now to verify
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There are a lot of things we could do to allow more money for social benefit, but I'm not really convinced that it's needed. We have quite possibly the best (albeit expensive) health care in the world. I'm personally not averse to having a health care system, but I want choices and responsibility in life and if it were done I want it to be done properly. Right now, I don't think that our current state of affairs can handle it. The politicians are too wrapped up in hanging on emotional strings to get re-elected they'll promise the world. With Social Security deficiencies, Welfare deficiencies, and pretty much everything started by Congress in serious dire straits... I seriously don't think they can manage health care especially when they continue to fight and bicker over political party lines simply because of the line. Heck, they don't even manage stuff now. As I stated earlier, they just create and delegate it off. It's like being the kid in a dysfunctional family who have a psychopathic nanny.
I don't think it proper to "Robin Hood" the country either. Personally, I think our Congress can do more to promote competition and control "overly successful" (anti-competitive) companies better but they are too busy trying to please the lobbyists. Competition would bring lower wages for top execs and possibly the elimination of some of them. One personal example I know of from a friend... UPS has been eliminating a lot of redundant and middle management jobs because of competition form FedEx. They've offered early retirement for as many as possible and relocate others into positions where they could be used. They've been streamlining a lot of the processes and giving lower level employees better compensation because of it...because they are losing employees to competition. I think they could provide better services to unemployed to help them find jobs and generally a lot of things that don't involve general takeovers. Hell, I'm getting off topic again... and it's late so I'm going to bed.