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And The 10th Most Prosperous Nation In The World Is...
USA! USA! USA!
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Despite all the bravado from political leaders and the record high stock prices - which prove how clean America's dirty short is - The Legatum Institute finds the United States is just the 10th most prosperous nation in the world... after Holland, Canada, New Zealand, and Denmark to name a few.
Still, could be worse... could be 11th, like Iceland...
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What is perhaps even more stunning is that America places 31st in the world for 'Safety & Security' and just 21st for 'Personal Freedom'... which all seems a little odd for the Land of The Free.
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To protect our wealth we need IMSI catchers on every airplane:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/americans-cellphones-targeted-in-secret-u...
Exceptional.
adjective
unusually good; outstanding.
America places 31st in the world for 'Safety & Security'
Clearly we're not killing enough people yet, so killing more will make us "safer".
There's a good candidate up the road in Charlotteville, for a long needle.
Four rapes and two murders are probably enough.
personal freedom to do what? You can't take a shit in half the countries ahead of the U.S. without permission.
That's nonsense
At least the countries ahead of of the USSA need not fear the Donald Duck Police State;
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/cop-dressed-as-donald-duck-sets-trap-for-...
The folks in Syria will feel better once they have a gas pipeline running through their nation, because the drone strikes, cruise missiles, and bombs will stop.
Yes, and the world has been saved from Ebola thanks to Flounder.
Where is his sorry ass? Any sightings?
Friday night...Flounder is at a Shabbat dinner.
I did not know that.
I wonder what the the numerical values of the letters in the Hebrew word for apartheid total?
At least the countries ahead of of the USSA need not fear the Donald Duck Police State;
The cops ARE a traffic hazard. Obviously they don't care about officer safety, so they should lose the ability to cite that as the reason they do most of their killing.
Most states now have ridiculous laws about changing lanes or slowing down for a cop with someone pulled over along the road. Mobile traffic hazards, people swerving and jamming on the goddamned brakes so they don't themselves get robbed. Officer safety my ass. Since when is tying up traffic walking back and forth across a busy street the act of someone who cares about safety?
Between Patriot Acts 1&2 and NDAA, all our basic freedoms are compromised. You can be disappeared anytime, for any reason in the USSA.
"Between Patriot Acts 1&2 and NDAA, all our basic freedoms are compromised. You can be disappeared anytime, for any reason in the USSA."
Because they pass Unconstitutional and unlawful laws, doesn't mean that we have to recognize them.
"One can surrender their freedom, or make them take it." Waco and the Bundy ranch were examples of "come and take it."
An American, not US subject.
All of our basic freedoms where compromised the day we walked into kindergarten.
Schools are effectively prisons. Some how they get worse and worse as the decades roll along.
I was looking at the slop that kids were tweeting on the DrudgeReport with #ThanksMichelleObama... prison commissary has better quality than what America is feeding its schoolchildren!
Gang violence, drugs, fights, bullying, all of this crap just to get a card that has letter grades on it. Totally useless for the working world. Your lender doesn't care what your GPA was, he wants your financial statement. Your interviewer doesn't care that you got a D in 8th Grade Algebra, he is interested in how much experience you have and who your references are. The public utility doesn't care that you got a C in high school physics, they want a deposit. Your clients or customers don't care that you got an F in Intro to Business class back in senior year because the teacher's lectures were beyond boring and the cute brunette (who is now your wife) took all of your attention away. All your clients or customers want is a quality product and/or service. Never once will they quiz you about your grades or demand a transcript.
School sucking is what made me become libertarian with heavy anarchist leanings.
The business world is 180 degrees from what teachers and counselors depict it. All of the tests and lectures and authoritarian disciplinary rules offer ZERO marketable skills to succeed out there.
All of these lefties whine about how its "child abuse" for parents to homeschool their own children and teach them the Bible. No, child abuse is putting your child in these prisons for a 12 year sentence.
They'll get exposed to gangs and drugs and bullies in the schools, but not financial education which really separates the winners from the losers.
kindergarten? the birth certificate and vaccinations preceed
What is zerometry? It's the process of calulation required to determine to which comment you will reply so that your comment appears as high as possible on the page. It is not necessary for that reply to be relevant to the orignal comment.
You may be right. However much better to regulate where you shit than to live in the USA where DC and Wall St. shit on you and everyone at will.
Australia is 3 there in personal freedom, free men have guns.
The strength of the US Military is supposedly one of the reasons the USD is the reserve currency. Like if the world begins to reject the USD they can be killed into accepting it. Ironically, the US Defence budget is just part of amount needing to be borrowed to fund.
The Military budget isn't what's killing us. It's only about 600 Billion. Hell, debt servicing is approaching that value.
US $ in a few years will remain the reserve currency.
Excellent Paper reservation to light a fire ...
hehe.
Clearly we're not killing enough people yet, so killing more will make us "safer".
Conservative estimates (depending on whom is providing the stats of course) have it that the U.S. has killed more than 30 million people since the end of WWII and the start of the Korean War to the present...
Someone please raise their hands and tell me "why" half the number of human beings that perished between 1941 and 1945 isn't cause for putting us in last place for "Safety and Security"! I know Israel as our "mini me" is a close second, but if you factor in our dealing(s) with the indigenous Americans it's tough not to get the trophy for this in the "Executive washroom"!!
As I've said many times before. I would never count the number of homicides inside the U.S. whether it's promoted by the Federal Government on it's own or other is nothing less than a positive start for the rest of the World and humanity!
My only hope is that Ferguson lights the fuse and that we will all end up killing each other in an orgy of death which will leave everybody else outside our borders untouched and intact!
From a proud Amurican!
"From a proud Amurican!"
Aquaint me please as to what you are proud of. Sillly silly deluded captured matrix infested no hope "intellect".
Notice that 6 of the Top 10 are EU countries, and 4 of the 5 "Five Eyes"* are in the Top 10.
* 5 Eyes = US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand.
On the opposite end, one sure way to tell your country sucks, is when Chad outranks you
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Shows how the benefits of the 17th-19th century are still providing dividends.
that's FUCKING EXCEPTIONAL
EXTREMELY EXCEPTIONAL
We're EXPONENTIALLY EXCEPTIONAL
Just wait until you try to describe to the moron class in Ferguson Missouri that a 6 foot 4 300 pound black man attacked an officer and was shot, and then tell them "He was Justified" in his defense and no charges will be filed. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....then see where our ranking goes. These people are going to throw an absolute shit fit. Talk about shit show...they are going to burn that state to the ground...why? Becuase they are taking an issue that has nothing to do with the Mike Brown shooting and twisting the facts, avoiding the facts just to fit an agenda. And that agenda means the FSA destroying cities. If you live in that area my friends...get ready...
what Ferguson needs is the UN to send in Peace Kepers. That'll bring calm.
:)
Spain @ 26??
Man, to think there are 116 countries below Spain on the list really suggests the world at large is, how do I put it, um, FUCKED.
You need a new king .
King Storm , King Desert and King Lightning .
See the Kings in winter .
Things are actually looking up . See
https://www.academia.edu/9204956/Slingshot_Atmospheric_Rivers
https://www.academia.edu/9304658/Optimal_Deserts
https://www.academia.edu/9306394/Optimal_Lightning_
The USA might be the 10th most prosperous but it's the world's most preposterous.
We are still the land of the free. Just ask the 49.9% (and growing) of the population who belong to the FSA.
atleast we've still got some sort of free
free to be a corporate debt whore
Naw.
Been to Holland three times.
Never saw a single McMansion.
Three times for me as well. Now I understand why they named a town in Pennsylvania "New Holland". It looks exactly like it (and of course a lot of the people came from there originally). Lush, green, beautiful, but not below sea level. Still, the Germans had better hospitality, in my opinion. Of course, that could be because I sold a lot more stuff for the Germans than I did for the Dutch.
lol William "Billy" Banzai-7, couldn't have illustrated it better.
Listen,
Yea whatever. America is becoming the land of the loosers. Now that they have be forced to worship "BLACK" it's going to accelerate.
Good night 'merica! You're done for.
LISTEN, Do you need a new hearing aid?
no, but he needs to learn how to spell "losers".
Fuck you Obama!
and fuck you Bernanke for old times sake.
+1 for originality.
You'll have to wait for Reggie to finish.
safety and security from whom?
keep voting repub/democrat ... its working real good for you guys !!!
So what's the alternative ... not voting? That's going to work out well.
Who votes? I think the turnout was 32-35% last week in the U.S. midterms.
Then think of the number of registered voters. With almost 93 million Americans out of the workforce that thought is ugly when compared to the .gov useless eaters.
that 32-35% was probably close to 100% of .gov useless eaters who went vote. They will protect thier jobs at the cost of a country.
lol, I'm only laughing because it hurts too much to cry.
I know the feeling.
I truly have my fingers crossed and hope that the people stand up ! it will happen !!!!
I stopped crying a long time ago.
It's all so comical now. Nero was a brilliant man. You can understand his logic so clearly as this point in the game.
burn baby, burn
Don't take a poll like this too serious. Most of the metrics lack any real value without context. It's interesting, but you shouldn't base your world view on it.
US stock markets lack real value also, but look at the importance they play on the American mindset.
Indeed, what is the most important "freedom" and why? The right to bear arms, of course, since all the other "freedoms" cannot exist without it! Is their anything more fundamental than the right define oneself? And what is the only country to guarantee this right in their constitution? How many Norweigans own guns?
So, we are #1 in freedom still. But we may have to defend this position and we're the only country fully armed and thus capable of defending ourselves. This is why the #1 concern of the progressive elites is gun control. Thank goodness for the current congressional makeup in this regard.
How many Norweigans own guns?
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/norway
Yeah John, we have more gun rights than most countries, but we don't have the right to bear arms.
We have the right to own arms, as long as we haven't been deemed a felon, or unstable, or a bad dresser.
We lost the right to bear those arms long, long ago.
Just try to strap on a blackhawk and swagger on down to the Costco for a little shopping.
You will cause a sheep to pee her pants, and out comes the pig-whistle cell phone. You will be quickly beaten, stomped, tazed, shot 14 times and jailed before you get three blocks from your house.
Then you won't have the right to own a firearm anymore.
We have very limited gun rights. Let's not fool ourselves.
It's interesting that we're ranked number one in health. Shouldn't one of those single payer nations be number one? If our health system is so great then why was there a huge need to reform it?
ding ding ding..we have a winner!
I second that comment. Number 1 in health is just horseshit of the highest order. Top health care only available to those who can "sho me the money". Everyone else can go get fucked. Fuck Obamacare scam!
The ACA offers subsidizes for the poor, and of course the rich don't need a subsidy, outside of the FED jacking the DJIA. So no it's not required to have money if your a member of a designted victim group. If you're in the middle, well then everybody is out to get you. The rich and the poor both wish to rob you.
Mexico which is a fail state more prosperous than Venezuela. Does prosperity includes 30,00 murders a year?
Give Mexico time. They are half way through a program designed to rid them of low skill, low intelligence citizens. Once they've shipped off all the dead weight to the U.S. they can start on another project.
I see that angle.
But won't they come running back once mexico has a higher quality population than our own?
I bet they've got a fence up their sleeves. Or drones.
I wouldn't bet against you.
Obama's and Feds doing thier best to drop this.
Hey we're still #1! In crime and drugs!
Typo. It was supposed to be "Land of the fee".
Who says the Legatum Institute (never heard of 'em) gets to define "prosperity"? According to this ranking, Rwanda is more 'prosperous' than India despite the fact that India's GDP per capita is more than twice Rwanda's.
This should be called the Legatum BS ranking, not the prosperity ranking. It is absolutely meaningless.
It looks like we still have a lot of Democratizing to do........
Someone is being damn generous with 31 and 21.
Sweet Caroline USA USA USA
I know the idea around here is to be anti-American, but it's a pretty amazing wealth engine those European criminals started up over 200 years ago. That list is far from an indictment of the US - every country above it is an almost completely homogeneous, white and small population. Take out the descendants of slaves and people who hopped the border in the last 20 years and the US is likely #1 easily (same with every other statistic ZH posts about this topic)
You couldn't be more wrong my friend. The idea around here is that we're tired of watching our families being exploited for the "greater good". ( I appreciate your trading ideas buy the way)
I'm sure some "nose picking" Chinaman has his sights set on your job for 1/2 the cost. I realize you like the moar liquid part of the "equity complex", but do you have any background in F/X or credit?
Listen.
Do you have skittles blowing out the arse? How about unicorns licking your T-Bag searching for that teaspoon of peanut butter that you swiped there?
Is that you Cartman? Kyle,Stan & Kenny were worried if you were coming back from " Imaginary Land".
Tyler deked me out...
For a minute I was sure it was gonna be a Simon Black or Michael Snyder article.
Norway is listed as number one, haaa with private and corporate debt to GDP at 187%, and with oil and gas output set to decline rapidly in the comming years they will soon have to empty their Sovereign Oil fund to feed their bloated welfare state, bankrupt banks and citizens. This kind of reviews is just snapshots of prosperity for talking heads and politicians.
Google shows Norway debt is 29% of GDP.
That is government debt aka public debt. Norway is a rich country with highly indebted citizens.
The state of Greece's care homes for disabled children: "One girl is just playing with a little piece of fluff." http://bbc.in/1xEfta8
That's abhorent! Europe will NEVER change.
Greece where disabled children are kept in locked cages by BBC World Service Radio
"My (their) armies, police and children went to Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Serbia, Panama, Grenada, Iraq (again), Iraq (Yet again), Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Germany, the UK, Italy, Mali, Waco, Ruby Ridge, and my neighbor's home, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
An American, not US subject.
A guillotine is an asset for some, and a liability for others.
I caught a misspelling...it's "Land of the FEE" (and home of the slave) now.
sorry, I'm going to have to fine you for being anti-establishment.
Follow the status quo, or you've got to go.
Who coulda knode that the Russians were not doing as well as Belarus or Borat and Oksana the mule wife in Uzbekistan? Ukraine is middle of civil war now but does better than the Rossiya. /sarc off
Mostly Scandinavian Socialist Paradise.
You will soon be sodomized by MoonGodslum immigrants.
As far as safety and security, I'll take care of my own.
Remove our urban jungles and the USofA is pretty darn safe.
US #1 in health, thats thanks to nobamacare. That shows you how reliable this study is.
Norway and Switzerland, the best EU countries! Why would anyone want to leave, they'd end up like who knows...
USA is 31st in security. is that because we include inner cities?
Hey, where are the Jew haters on ZH now? Israel only ranks 38. Possible because their security and personal freedom is low but even with better conditions there they would rank below Iceland and Ireland. I thought that the Jews and Israel ruled the world? Or at least that is what the Jew hating folk here on ZH say.
Go ahead, down vote me.
Why did yiou pick Israel amog 200+ countries on the earth?
Soon the ashkeNazis in the Unholy Land will be singing "Israel, israel ueber Alles, ueber alles in der Welt". They will continue demonizing their muslim neighbours, putting them behind walls in concentration camps, ethnically cleansing others, making them flee from surrounding countries and ever-expanding the zionists' Lebensraum. All this while trying to promote racial (tribal) purity and claiming divine guidance and historical rightousness.
What grabbed my attention from thses charts is the fact that Russia is less prosperous than the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, Ukraine or Sri Lanka.
For a county with such extraordinary natural resources, that's almost beyond belief.
How can it possibly afford a world-class military? The Philippines can't even afford a coast guard vessesl unless the Americans or Japanese give them an old one for a pittance that was otherwise headed for the scrapyard.
That should set your BS-detector jangling!
Quick BS check on some key indicators.
US #1 in health? Bullshit. #1 in health spending per capita but far behind in key indicators such as maternal and infant death rates, life expectancy and rates of chronic diseases. And radical regional disparities in outcomes, with some rural counties (no, not just majority black and hispanic ones) and some urban neighborhoods underperforming Haiti.
The rest can be presumed to be propaganda, not worth polutiong one's mind with.