Social services, a portmanteau-word encompassing all public-operated services, are very different in France and in the US.

In France, hospital is a public service, cared for by the Society, a social service, and so it is free. Whereas in the US is is not.

My gut feeling is that success in the US can be measured by how much you never depend on any social service. But can I prove that? Can I crosstab revenue with social services usage?

An exception could be the NYC metro, looks like it is both public and used. National parks, maybe too.

In July 26, the US administration is making it more difficult to get a Green Care when you benefit from social services. CNN reports: “Under @POTUS Trump, DHS is restoring the basic principle that immigrants must be able to support themselves,” the Department of Homeland Security posted to X on Thursday. “We are reaffirming the requirement of self-reliance, protecting public resources, and ending policies that encouraged dependency on hard-working American taxpayers.”

That could be an interesting way to differentiate the French and US models. And see where other countries stand, to measure if France and US sit at extreme positions.

Please help me find some resources on that topic.

Let’s review some countries from that angle.

Social Services in the US

Social Services in France

Social Services in Canada

Social Services in the rest of Europe

What percentage of the population depends on public transportation?

Will a successful american ever depend on public transportation,

Is liberalism individualism?

Said differently, are social services only for loosers?

Quand je cherche à comprendre ce qui fait que les USA sont si différents de l’Europe, je repense à cette image.

Lors de chaque ruée vers l’or, et beaucoup ont marqué les USA, des centaines de chercheurs d’or partent

Etre suffisamment riche pour ne jamais dépendre de personne.

Comme lors de la ruée vers l’or, une sorte de « chacun pour soi, Dieu pour tous » avant