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Our educational scores – 23rd in math; 31st in science – place us among the world’s also-rans. Infant mortality in the U.S. ranks in the mid-30s, behind Cuba and Croatia – and this in a country that prides itself on what many Americans mistakenly like to think is the best healthcare system in the world.
The quality of our overall infrastructure – the physical plant we need to build the economy – ranks 23rd, well behind Barbados, but, thankfully, just ahead of Namibia.
We’re 50th in life expectancy, 18th in diabetes. Our overall healthcare system clocks in at a disrespectable 37th. Elementary-school enrollment puts us way down the list at 79th in the world, and we’re no longer even in the top 10 among advanced nations when it comes to the number of college graduates.
We are number one, however, in obesity. We also house the world’s largest population of prisoners.
Oh, and, well, we do lead the world in debt, too.
The quality of our overall infrastructure – the physical plant we need to build the economy – ranks 23rd, well behind Barbados, but, thankfully, just ahead of Namibia.
We’re 50th in life expectancy, 18th in diabetes. Our overall healthcare system clocks in at a disrespectable 37th. Elementary-school enrollment puts us way down the list at 79th in the world, and we’re no longer even in the top 10 among advanced nations when it comes to the number of college graduates.
We are number one, however, in obesity. We also house the world’s largest population of prisoners.
Oh, and, well, we do lead the world in debt, too.
