"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
The US is down in the dumper on most serious places ratings surveys.
Such as?

Here's one. There are several about:

http://www.economist.com/theworldin/...3372495&d=2005


LOL. I have to give you an "A" for effort, Harry.

The US is far from being in the "dumper" and your claim is a bit
misleading. According to the UN Human Development Index (HDI), the US
hasn't led or come close to leading the list since at least 1980 but it's
ranking is still up there with little mathematical score difference
between it and the top of the list. It is interesting that the
countries that have led the list over the years tend to be more
socialistic in their government.

Nice try, though. :-)

Eisboch


Last time I looked, the US ranked 10th or 12th on that particular index.
For a country with folks who thinks the US ranks #1, that's pretty low on
that particular index.

10th for 2005, actually. That's number 10 out of 177. Thirty countries
are considered to be at the top of the list with an index between 0.963 and
0.878 and the US is number 10.

Eisboch