
You are right and wrong at the same time. Taxpayer funded things are worse because they are handled by the government which is always horribly inefficient. Things are expensive here because we have allowed it to become that way, we, the consumer have purchased in a way which has incentivized companies to charge more for the same items in other countries. ALSO, not everything is better. Other countries food for example is better tasting, more nutritious, less processed, and cheaper.