"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Norway tops UN quality-of-life index

... a United Nations study has ranked Norway
as the best place to live in the world.

.... the world's countries are ranked
according to the Human Development Index, a system for determining
standard of living.

...created the index in order to measure the extent of human
development... order to reach the UN's Millennium Goals,
countries must strive to become inclusive, culturally diverse societies.


Millennium Goals
.... the report shows how far the United Nations have come in
implementing the Millennium Goals that were agreed upon in 2000.


The top 20:
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. Iceland
8. United States
9. Japan
10. Ireland
11. Switzerland
12. Britain
13. Finland
14. Austria
15. Luxembourg
16. France
17. Denmark
18. New Zealand
19. Germany
20. Spain

LOL

Consider the source; ignore the blather.

Query: What shall be deduced from the fact that Nos 1-7 on the list are all
heavily socialistic in some or all aspects of their societal structure.
Could the UN be using agenda-biased evaluation standards? Say it isn't so!!

Query: Why is the USA still far and away the #1 preferred destination for
immigrants? Is it possible that virtually the entire world population is
truly stupid, and that the UN bureaucrats are the only smart ones?