If you want to see why the United States is truly in trouble go to this website: http://www.photius.com/rankings/.
The site has a variety of rankings of nations from general health to life expectancy. And, it appears the rankings are from reputable sources, the World Health Organization for example.
The results are shocking. In many categories measuring quality of life, the U.S. comes in 20th or 30th or worse. In government debt, we are not in the top third. What does that mean?
It means that we are not devoting enough of our national GDP toward things that enhance the quality of life, and even though our federal deficit is high, it is not high compared to other industrialized countries. Our tax burden, for example, is relatively LOW, while our quality of life is lower; what does that tell you?
You can also look up almost anything else you want to, including percentages of circumcised men!
The point is this. We have an entrenched political party in this country whose anti-tax and public investment policies are dropping us in almost every rank that means anything, from health care to education. And, we just put them in control of the House of Representatives.
We may make ourselves feel better with our small government is best and other insanities, but the record proves otherwise.
Check the site out, compare and contrast, and learn!
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