On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:05:42 -0500, DSK wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
We have greater wealth, greater opportunities, more satisfying
rewards, and the highest standard of living on the planet.

Baloney. This is a statement made out of complete ignorance.

No, it's made from pure fact.


Do a google search on "national standard of living" and see what pops up.

Statistics can be skewed to prop up what the poster wishes to expose.


Bottom line- several industrialized countries have higher standards of
living than the U.S.

List them. And then take those countries and weigh the pros and cons
against the U.S.


, many have longer average lifespans for their
citizens, and the US is not wealthy by any objective standard... we have
become a debtor nation.

Not if taken as an average. Yes, there may be a few countries which
have a slightly better GNP. There may be another handful which have
longer lifespans. There may yet be another which offers better "cradle
to grave" healthcare. But there is no single one of them which
compares to the U.S. on all factors.

I still have a better chance of living the "good life" here than in
any other country.

Dave