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21 Oct 2013, 6:11 pm

(clicky) american life expectancy in some regions lower than that of haiti- it seems USA is on the downhill slide.



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21 Oct 2013, 6:30 pm

Oh noes! The UK isn't doing too well either - we're much closer to America's life expectancy than we are to Japans...

Do remember we're talking about averages. If you take certain inner city places, you can get life expectancy averages well in middle age, on account of the high mortality rate for teenagers.

The rule is, don't cherry pick.



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21 Oct 2013, 6:34 pm

Magneto wrote:
Oh noes! The UK isn't doing too well either - we're much closer to America's life expectancy than we are to Japans...

Do remember we're talking about averages. If you take certain inner city places, you can get life expectancy averages well in middle age, on account of the high mortality rate for teenagers.The rule is, don't cherry pick.

the point is, that NO PLACE in america should be allowed to be in this deteriorated state. america is NOT TAKING CARE of america! and anybody with any sense knows that if you don't take care of something it will eventually break down into disrepair and dysfunction and total catastrophic failure at some point.



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21 Oct 2013, 6:37 pm

It was a noble experiment. We had a good run!



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21 Oct 2013, 6:43 pm

the "noble" experiment doesn't have to end, but for the lack of a critical mass of people of good will.



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21 Oct 2013, 7:43 pm

I pray you don't look at how our test scores compare to the rest of the world....

Particularly those in Mississippi.

I think that, on a whole, greed and culture are two of the major causes for many of the issues that we face as a country.



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21 Oct 2013, 8:03 pm

auntblabby wrote:
(clicky) american life expectancy in some regions lower than that of haiti- it seems USA is on the downhill slide.


And in some regions (most actually) American life expectancy is way higher than Haiti.

Here are some statistics for you to ponder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... expectancy

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21 Oct 2013, 8:05 pm

by dint of that, the majority of US states fall below the bar. IMHO that is NOT world-class and not befitting us.



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21 Oct 2013, 8:06 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Magneto wrote:
Oh noes! The UK isn't doing too well either - we're much closer to America's life expectancy than we are to Japans...

Do remember we're talking about averages. If you take certain inner city places, you can get life expectancy averages well in middle age, on account of the high mortality rate for teenagers.The rule is, don't cherry pick.

the point is, that NO PLACE in america should be allowed to be in this deteriorated state. america is NOT TAKING CARE of america! and anybody with any sense knows that if you don't take care of something it will eventually break down into disrepair and dysfunction and total catastrophic failure at some point.


Maybe all the money we spend on the wars, foreign aid(especially military aid which goes mostly to Israel and Egypt), spying on its own citizens, imprisoning non-violent offenders for victimless crimes, bailing out corporate interests, etc could be more wisely spent here at home or better yet never stolen from the populace to begin with.



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21 Oct 2013, 8:06 pm

auntblabby wrote:
by dint of that, the majority of US states fall below the bar. IMHO that is NOT world-class and not befitting us.


That is true. The non-white population of the U.S. is pulling the average down.

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21 Oct 2013, 8:09 pm

our choices as a nation, are either 1]fix our problems, or 2] say "to hell with 'em."



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22 Oct 2013, 3:57 am

ruveyn wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
by dint of that, the majority of US states fall below the bar. IMHO that is NOT world-class and not befitting us.


That is true. The non-white population of the U.S. is pulling the average down.

ruveyn


That is blasphemy how dare you blame our problems on one very specific culture in America its everybody or nobodies fault :roll:



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22 Oct 2013, 4:20 am

That sounds racist, but, when you consider the demographics of a lot of the really poor areas...



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22 Oct 2013, 4:41 am

The life expectancy of Asian-Americans exceeds that of White Americans.



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22 Oct 2013, 4:51 am

auntblabby wrote:
by dint of that, the majority of US states fall below the bar. IMHO that is NOT world-class and not befitting us.

That is true. The Republican population of the US is pulling the average down.



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22 Oct 2013, 5:20 am

Don't see how that makes sense in the real world maybe in a fantasy world where one group of idiots ideologies is better but this is the real world where democrats are just as ignorant as republicans.