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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2305438" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>From chris hedges days of destruction:</p><p></p><p>AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE</p><p>• highest poverty rate, both generally and for children;</p><p>• greatest inequality of incomes;</p><p>• lowest government spending as a percentage of GDP on social</p><p>programs for the disadvantaged;</p><p>• lowest average number of days for paid holiday, annual leaves, and</p><p>maternity leaves;</p><p>• lowest score on the United Nations index of “material well-being of</p><p>children”;</p><p>• worst score on the United Nations gender inequality index;</p><p>• lowest social mobility</p><p>• highest public and private expenditure on health care as a percentage</p><p>of GDP.</p><p></p><p></p><p>THESE TRENDS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE:</p><p>• highest infant mortality rate;</p><p>• highest prevalence of mental-health problems;</p><p>• highest obesity rate;</p><p>• highest proportion of population going without health care due to cost;</p><p>• second-lowest birth-weight for children per capita, behind only Japan;</p><p>• highest consumption of antidepressants per capita;</p><p>• third-shortest life expectancy at birth, behind only Denmark and Portugal;</p><p>• highest carbon dioxide emissions and water consumption per capita;</p><p>• second-lowest score on the World Economic Forum’s environmental</p><p>performance index, behind only Belgium;</p><p>• third-largest ecological footprint per capita, behind only Belgium and</p><p>Denmark;</p><p>• highest rate of failure to ratify international agreements;</p><p>• lowest spending on international development and humanitarian assistance</p><p>as a percentage of GDP;</p><p>• highest military spending as a portion of GDP;</p><p>• largest international arms sales;</p><p>• fourth-worst balance of payments, behind only New Zealand, Spain, and</p><p>Portugal;</p><p>• third-lowest scores for student performance in math, behind only Portugal</p><p>and Italy, and far from the top in both science and reading;</p><p>• second-highest high-school dropout rate, behind only Spain;</p><p>• highest homicide rate</p><p>• largest prison population per capita.1</p><p>INTRODUCTION • XV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2305438, member: 56035"] From chris hedges days of destruction: AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE • highest poverty rate, both generally and for children; • greatest inequality of incomes; • lowest government spending as a percentage of GDP on social programs for the disadvantaged; • lowest average number of days for paid holiday, annual leaves, and maternity leaves; • lowest score on the United Nations index of “material well-being of children”; • worst score on the United Nations gender inequality index; • lowest social mobility • highest public and private expenditure on health care as a percentage of GDP. THESE TRENDS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE: • highest infant mortality rate; • highest prevalence of mental-health problems; • highest obesity rate; • highest proportion of population going without health care due to cost; • second-lowest birth-weight for children per capita, behind only Japan; • highest consumption of antidepressants per capita; • third-shortest life expectancy at birth, behind only Denmark and Portugal; • highest carbon dioxide emissions and water consumption per capita; • second-lowest score on the World Economic Forum’s environmental performance index, behind only Belgium; • third-largest ecological footprint per capita, behind only Belgium and Denmark; • highest rate of failure to ratify international agreements; • lowest spending on international development and humanitarian assistance as a percentage of GDP; • highest military spending as a portion of GDP; • largest international arms sales; • fourth-worst balance of payments, behind only New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal; • third-lowest scores for student performance in math, behind only Portugal and Italy, and far from the top in both science and reading; • second-highest high-school dropout rate, behind only Spain; • highest homicide rate • largest prison population per capita.1 INTRODUCTION • XV [/QUOTE]
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