--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Life expectancy in rich nations correlates precisely with levels of > > equality. So Greece, with half the GDP per head, has longer life > > expectancy than the US, the richest and most unequal country > > > > > I take great exception to "most unequal". > > If you're talking "rights" and "freedoms", you're totally wrong. > > If you're talking economics, you're 180 degrees wrong. > > There is no country on Earth -- including those wonderful socialistic > Scandinavian countries -- that have better economic equality than the > United States. > > There is virtually ZERO gap between rich and so-called "poor" in the > U.S. > > And I'm NOT talking poverty line or income...I'm talking access to the > basic necessities of life.
You are missing the point. Try thinking about it about more. Or follow the link and read the rest of the book review. On THAT standard, there is virtually a > ZERO gap between Bill Gates and that perennial 8-year-old kid sitting > on a heap of garbage in Harlem. > > > > > > with the > > lowest life expectancy in the developed world. The people of Harlem > > live shorter lives than the people of Bangladesh. When you take out > > the violence and drugs, two-thirds of the reason is heart disease. Is > > that bad diet? No, says Wilkinson, it is mainly stress, the stress of > > living at the bottom of the pecking order, on the lowest rung, the > > stress of disrespect and lack of esteem. Bad nutrition does less harm > > than depression. > > > http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,6121 > ,1538844,00.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
