"America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country"

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"Some 17 others, including all of Scandinavia, outperform the U.S. by a wide margin when it comes to well-being."

"The Social Progress Index released this week is compiled from social and environmental data that come as close as possible to revealing how people live. “We want to measure a country’s health and wellness achieved, not how much effort is expended, nor how much the country spends on healthcare,” the report states. Scandinavia walked away with the top four of 128 slots. Denmark scored the highest. America came in at 18"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/america-is-now-a-second-tier-country

Looks like America ain't getting any greater as promised, based upon recent events, the opposite seems more appropriate

And what is with all them there socialist leaning nations ranked ahead of the United States, what's up with that, haven't conservatives been telling us for years anything close to socialism is evil
 
maybe you should get the fuck out then. go to your liberal paradise. what's stopping you?

btw the only reason we suck is because... certain areas of the country are shitholes.... like the inner cities. Massachusetts for example if you looked at it standalone without it being dragged down by the ghetto performs better at math than most Scandinavian countries and is ranked nearly top in the world at everything.
 
archives said:
"Some 17 others, including all of Scandinavia, outperform the U.S. by a wide margin when it comes to well-being."

"The Social Progress Index released this week is compiled from social and environmental data that come as close as possible to revealing how people live. “We want to measure a country’s health and wellness achieved, not how much effort is expended, nor how much the country spends on healthcare,” the report states. Scandinavia walked away with the top four of 128 slots. Denmark scored the highest. America came in at 18"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/america-is-now-a-second-tier-country

Looks like America ain't getting any greater as promised, based upon recent events, the opposite seems more appropriate

And what is with all them there socialist leaning nations ranked ahead of the United States, what's up with that, haven't conservatives been telling us for years anything close to socialism is evil
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Since you speak in a partisan lingo it's amazing this is where we rank after eight years of President Obama.
 
archives - including all of Scandinavia
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Here we go again with the socialist leftwing worship of the White Aryan Nations :palm:

Next you'll be telling us how much you hate Israel. :palm:
 
GOD said:
maybe you should get the fuck out then. go to your liberal paradise. what's stopping you?

btw the only reason we suck is because... certain areas of the country are shitholes.... like the inner cities. Massachusetts for example if you looked at it standalone without it being dragged down by the ghetto performs better at math than most Scandinavian countries and is ranked nearly top in the world at everything.
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" Massachusetts for example,' you mean the State that ranks in the top ten in nearly every category you can come up with to measure quality of life? And near the bottom when considering variables you love as Federal aid, looks like those "shitholes" you describe aren't as bad as the State "shitholes" elsewher

And I ain't leaving, i was born here, educated here, worked here, served the Nation, and more than likely will die here, you move
 
Love it or leave it!

Such a lame argument. I'm sure they said the same thing to people working for abolition in the 1800's, or for workers rights & civil rights in the 1900's.

America doesn't lead anymore - in medicine, technology, the environment, innovation. We used to lead.
 
archives said:
Ah, but if you read the report we did better during the last eight years, it is this year that we're stuck in limbo
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Where does it say that in that article? Here are some of things in it:

"The U.S. may be underperforming, but so is the rest of the world. American progress, like that of other rich nations, has stalled for four years running. Based on overall world GDP, humanity as a whole could be doing a much more efficient job taking care of itself. Tough graders, these social-progress folks."

"Since 2014, as discrimination in America rises based on race, religion, sexual identity, and national origin, U.S. scores in the “tolerance and inclusion” category fell, according to the study. "

I cannot locate anything about us having done better in the last eight years.
 
archives said:
" Massachusetts for example,' you mean the State that ranks in the top ten in nearly every category you can come up with to measure quality of life? And near the bottom when considering variables you love as Federal aid, looks like those "shitholes" you describe aren't as bad as the State "shitholes" elsewher

And I ain't leaving, i was born here, educated here, worked here, served the Nation, and more than likely will die here, you move
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The reason massachusetts is elite is because in spite of liberal politics, we are the nations nobles. We are born with class. We are WASPy new englanders with rich history and tradition. Old school, old money, the exalted ones.
 
GOD said:
The reason massachusetts is elite is because in spite of liberal politics, we are the nations nobles. We are born with class. We are WASPy new englanders with rich history and tradition. Old school, old money, the exalted ones.
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Were you born in Mass or are you a transplant?
 
Sailor said:
Where does it say that in that article? Here are some of things in it:

"The U.S. may be underperforming, but so is the rest of the world. American progress, like that of other rich nations, has stalled for four years running. Based on overall world GDP, humanity as a whole could be doing a much more efficient job taking care of itself. Tough graders, these social-progress folks."

"Since 2014, as discrimination in America rises based on race, religion, sexual identity, and national origin, U.S. scores in the “tolerance and inclusion” category fell, according to the study. "

I cannot locate anything about us having done better in the last eight years.
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Explore the website, the website GIVEN TO YOU in the article, it even has an active map where you can compare nations over a four year span

http://www.socialprogressindex.com/results
 
GOD said:
The reason massachusetts is elite is because in spite of liberal politics, we are the nations nobles. We are born with class. We are WASPy new englanders with rich history and tradition. Old school, old money, the exalted ones.
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What? Last time I noticed Massachusetts was anything but WASP, who/was your Governor/Mayor of Boston?
 
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