MYTH … The US doesn’t need improvement compared to other countries; it is the greatest country in the world.

TRUTH:

Wrong again. I’ll only cite the statistics here.

• USA Ranking on Adult Literacy Scale: #9
  
  • (#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)- OECD
    
• USA Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index: #37
  
  • (#1 France and #2 Italy)- World Health Organization 2003
    
• USA Ranking of Student Reading Ability: #12
  
  • (#1 Finland and #2 South Korea)- OECD PISA 2003
    
• USA Ranking of Student Problem Solving Ability: #26
  
  • (#1 South Korea and #2 Finland)- OECD PISA 2003
    
• USA Ranking on Student Mathematics Ability: # 24
  
  • (#1 Hong Kong and #2 Finland)- OECD PISA 2003
    
• USA Ranking of Student Science Ability: #19
  
  • (#1 Finland and #2 Japan)- OECD PISA 2003
    
• USA Ranking on Women’s Rights Scale: #17
  
  • (#1 Sweden and #2 Norway)- World Economic Forum Report
    
• USA Position on Timeline of Gay Rights Progress: # 6 (1997)
  
  • (#1 Sweden 1987 and #2 Norway 1993)- Vexen
    
• USA Ranking on Life Expectancy: #29
  
  • (#1 Japan and #2 Hong Kong)- UN Human Development Report 2005
    
• USA Ranking on Journalistic Press Freedom Index: #32
  
  • (#1 Finland, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands tied)- Reporters Without Borders 2005
    
• USA Ranking on Political Corruption Index: #17
  
  • (#1 Iceland and #2 Finland)- Transparency International 2005
    
• USA Ranking on Quality of Life Survey: #13
  
  • (#1 Ireland and #2 Switzerland)- The Economist Magazine …Wikipedia “Celtic Tiger” if you still have your doubts.
    
• USA Ranking on Environmental Sustainability Index: #45
  
  • (#1 Finland and #2 Norway)- Yale University ESI 2005
    
• USA Ranking on Overall Currency Strength: #3 (US Dollar)
  
  • (#1 UK pound sterling and #2 European Union euro)- FTSE 2006….the dollar is now a liability, so many banks worldwide have planned to switch to euro
    
• USA Ranking on Infant Mortality Rate: #32
  
  • (#1 Sweden and #2 Finland)- Save the Children Report 2006
    
• USA Ranking on Human Development Index (GDP, education, etc.): #10
  
  • (#1 Norway and #2 Iceland)- UN Human Development Report 2005
    

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