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Originally Posted by Golfie McGolferson
Yeah, so nobody is going to do your research for you -- but use whatever google machine you have and just look up USA international rankings. Pay special attention to:
1. healthcare
2. life expectancy
3. education
4. infant mortality rate
5. incarceration #'s
6. military budget
7. Environmental performance
8. Quality of life index
9. Any other metric that floats your boat
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Its very important to understand how all these things are measured. EVERY country does it different. So don't believe everything you read. Take infant mortality. The country leading this pack does not count a birth until they reach 30 days old. A couple other use 15 days and a few use 1 year olds as the birth. So you have to know how an item is measured. The US count a birth the second it is born alive. And many countries don't count premature births. The US does. This also has a significant impact on life expectancy numbers. And healthcare is skewed horribly. Depending on how it is paid, it can take months to even get basic care in many countries. Wait times are awful. I am sure there are examples of items that if measured exactly the same way, things are better different places. But to just google that list gives you a great amount of false data.