russell madden story is a reminder of the life-and-death significance of the choices connected to our base nation. unlike virtually all of the wealthy industrialized countries in which the united states maintains bases, germany, japan, south korea, britain, spain, portugal, norway the united states is not guarantee health care for its citizens in recent years. the idea of doing so is dismissed as too expensive. meanwhile the nation meanwhile the nation spends immense sums every year supporting a global basis structure. not the only area in which we have made questionable trade-offs. many are criticize the training system and public sector more broadly. the speed and efficiency of public transportation options are far superior to those in the united states. initially i included this observation in my notes as an aside to think from the main subject in my research. it is only later i realized the interrelated feature of the two phenomenon. we can see similar patterns when it comes to schools, housing, and other forms of infrastructure. what countries such as germany, japan, south korea,