Why we don't have healthcare for all.

We could have paid for health care for all in the U.S., and child care for all infants
with the money that was stolen by corruption in Afghanistan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/world/asia/afghanistan-war-documents-takeaways.html

“We were given money, told to spend it, and we did — without reason,” the unidentified official told investigators in a 2016 interview. An unidentified contractor reported being told to give out $3 million each day for projects in a single Afghan district.

Corruption Is Endemic

With that much money flowing into Afghanistan, it was perhaps inevitable that some of it would line local leaders’ pockets.

The documents describe American officials ignoring widespread skimming by the Afghan government that, ultimately, undermined the war strategy. One retired Army colonel who advised three American generals said that the problem persisted not just among judges and security officials, but became a “kleptocracy” throughout the government of former President Hamid Karzai.