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<blockquote data-quote="Star B" data-source="post: 3074777" data-attributes="member: 61246">The real question is... what is better?&nbsp; The real question is... what can YOU get that is better?&nbsp; I mean, Sweden/Finland is pretty good from what I&#039;ve heard but the taxes are high because they have a large social net... but &quot;ZOMG SOCIALIZISM&quot;, plus also good luck immigrating there. I mean, if you want adventure, I heard Somalia is great for that too.&nbsp; Good luck, we&#039;re all counting on you.The question is &quot;What is better for your situation?&quot;.&nbsp; Some people want to live like hermits, never setting foot in a town greater than 10k population, having to chop wood all day and bootstraps.&nbsp; Some people want experiences that can&#039;t be had in their country.&nbsp; Some people are OK with living in a 500sqft apartment in the middle of the city and not have to deal with worrying about their healthcare.&nbsp; Some people want diversity.&nbsp; Some people are totally OK with experiencing Epcot and thinking that&#039;s the world.I&#039;m trying really hard not to go political here.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure I&#039;m failing but whatever.&nbsp; The short and curly of it is that the people who have traveled the world, seen how others live, and ask them of their opinions of the USA and have an open mind most of the time see that that we aren&#039;t, in fact, the best in the world because we are the biggest.&nbsp; There are a ton of people here in the USA think that the USA is the world and aren&#039;t willing to think outside the box or care for their neighbor that they haven&#039;t met.&nbsp; Wanting to succeed is not a bad thing, but unbridled greed is a horrible thing but without people waking up... I don&#039;t see it changing.(man that was alot of backspacing and revisions)For me... and think of this what you want but I&#039;ll just throw this out there.. I want to live and not have to worry about being homeless/penniless because I got sick, injured for whatever reason, lost the lottery to get cancer.&nbsp; I want healthcare for all and not tied to your employer so that people can have the choice to live their life and not have to be a slave to the &#039;man&#039; who provides health insurance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Star B, post: 3074777, member: 61246"] The real question is... what is better? The real question is... what can YOU get that is better? I mean, Sweden/Finland is pretty good from what I've heard but the taxes are high because they have a large social net... but "ZOMG SOCIALIZISM", plus also good luck immigrating there. I mean, if you want adventure, I heard Somalia is great for that too. Good luck, we're all counting on you. The question is "What is better for your situation?". Some people want to live like hermits, never setting foot in a town greater than 10k population, having to chop wood all day and bootstraps. Some people want experiences that can't be had in their country. Some people are OK with living in a 500sqft apartment in the middle of the city and not have to deal with worrying about their healthcare. Some people want diversity. Some people are totally OK with experiencing Epcot and thinking that's the world. I'm trying really hard not to go political here. I'm sure I'm failing but whatever. The short and curly of it is that the people who have traveled the world, seen how others live, and ask them of their opinions of the USA and have an open mind most of the time see that that we aren't, in fact, the best in the world because we are the biggest. There are a ton of people here in the USA think that the USA is the world and aren't willing to think outside the box or care for their neighbor that they haven't met. Wanting to succeed is not a bad thing, but unbridled greed is a horrible thing but without people waking up... I don't see it changing. (man that was alot of backspacing and revisions) For me... and think of this what you want but I'll just throw this out there.. I want to live and not have to worry about being homeless/penniless because I got sick, injured for whatever reason, lost the lottery to get cancer. I want healthcare for all and not tied to your employer so that people can have the choice to live their life and not have to be a slave to the 'man' who provides health insurance. [/QUOTE]

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