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Originally Posted by tedquick
Allow me to offer some fairly recent available facts (within the last couple of years):
America is 7th in literacy,
27th in math,
22nd in science,
49th in life expectancy,
169th in infant mortality,
3rd in household income,
4th in labor force and
4th in exports.
We are, however, number one in incarcerated adults per capita and number one in defense spending. So definitionally, do we sound like the greatest country in the world anymore?
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I was not aware that the catagories you list in total made up the greatest country in the world.
WOW...lots of folks struggling to get here, dying for, and praying for are going to be so disappointed.
PS....you must have really mixed feelings on a day like today...you know, Veterans day...people who thought they were fighting for something and look at those rankings....I assume you did not waste saying thank you to any vets !