On: Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nation...

[weberc2]

Probably, but correlation isn't causation and no group deserves to be judged by its worst constituents.

[Can_Not → weberc2]

> correlation isn't causation

That misleadingly implies the reasonable plausibility of a coincidence, for example that it is random chance that gay marriage is a nation-wide political topic but the legal status of eating shellfish isn't.

[weberc2 → Can_Not]

No it doesn't.

[Can_Not → weberc2]

Even if so, if a group shouldn't be judged by its worst constituents, then should it also not be judged by the silent majority who do nothing?