"Jack" wrote in message
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On Oct 13, 6:17 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Jack" wrote in message

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On Oct 13, 1:50 pm, Secular Humouresque wrote:
On 10/13/10 1:39 PM, Jack wrote:

"The standard of living in the United States is one of the highest
in
the world by almost any measure. On measures such as the UN Human
Development Index the United States is always in the top ten."

"Americans are some of the wealthiest people in the world, with a
very
high GDP per capita. Americans are top in the world for most
material
possessions."

High GDP and material possessions are not the indicators of quality of
life.

Lack of money and having no material possessions are not indicators of
a good quality of life, at least by the vast majority of people.

I agree... unfortunately, that's the problem in this country... those
items
are concentrated in the top percentages.

Really? Middle-class people in the US have several cars, nice houses,
big-screen HD TVs, send their kids to private schools, and own boats.
You were saying?

Really, several cars? All of them new I suppose. And, they send them to
private schools. And, they only eat caviar I'm guessing.