Why do the countries compared to the US change in each graph? (maybe to make the comparisons as extreme as possible?)
But, ignoring that for the moment, I will say this. I grew up lower-middle-class (and at times we were apparently actually "poor"), but I loved my childhood, and thinking about it objectively, I couldn't have reasonably asked for anything more. So, although we were right at the poverty line most of my childhood, I had a wonderful life growing up. Pointing out that even a family in the lower 20% of income has it pretty good here in the US. Good schooling. Good library. Good healthcare. Safe shelter. Enough food. Other countries may be doing it as well or better, but it is going pretty good here. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can just scroll down to the big graph pictures :-) > > http://defendingthepublicgood.org/2011/04/18/the-real-american-exceptionalism/ > > http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Multiplier-of-CEO-pay4.png > > http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Military-expenditures-41.png > > http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Murders-per-100000-4.png > > http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Soc-spending-on-famlies-4.png > > ANd it goes on from there. Sad statistics. > > This style of economy and governance is being exported around the world as > the shining example of good capitalism. > I suppose everyone believes they can be part of the 0.1% richest that get > all the wealth? > > The graphs do not show stats over time, but the gap between the rich and the > rest has been increasing in countries such as Germany, England, Sweden > and elsewhere over the last 5 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
