US: Crumbling empire

The US has long prided itself on being an exceptional nation, a City Upon Hill and a beacon of democracy and progress the world over. Yet in education, healthcare and finance, the US is falling behind other developed and developing nations. Last week the US slipped to 49th place in terms of life expectancy, and ranks dead last among developed nations in terms of child well-being. Long dedicated to cultivating an educated, highly skilled workforce, the US is now behind Russia and South Korea in the number of citizens with Bachelor's degrees. So can the empire simply be in the eye of the beholder, or do Americans need to confront the harsh statistics about their lone superpower.

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[237Michael]

The U.S. empire is in free fall...

[ltmikepowell]

I wonder how U.S. will looks like if the day the U.S. Dollars does collapse?

[dreamdiction]

Americans need a home-grown Adolf Hitler to free America from the Money Lenders.

[Con7ent]

Wow, talk about throwing around bogus statistics. Spoon feed propaganda much? What a cockamamie "news" agency.

- A young, free, and defiant American

[88888FORCE]

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[88888FORCE]

US: Crumbling empire

Nov-02-2011-The US has long prided itself on being an exceptional nation, a City Upon Hill and a beacon of democracy and progress the world over. Yet in education, healthcare and finance, the US is falling behind other developed and developing nations. Last week the US slipped to 49th place in terms of life expectancy, and ranks dead last among developed nations in terms of child well-being. Long dedicated to cultivating an educated, highly skilled workforce,

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[ionlywearvans]

independence for puerto rico the longest colony in the west hemisphere, colonialism is a crime against humanity!

[JackTiger9]

God damn fucking elites.  40% of the billionaires in the USA are Jews.

[Stinkyplayer1]

@mozaks80 hey you forgot turkey turkeys economy is increasing slowly and china and india is increasing fast maybe one day those tree states might be the best country ever and usa poor

[greencasd]

I live in el cajon california and here it looks like a third-world country. Homeless people everywhere, lots and lots of people without jobs College have been cut up the ass and impossible to get classes because only 1 teacher for instance is teaching english 205.. and there is no future here. It sucks, America sucks the empire is done for.Fuck those Rat bastards controlling this shit..FUCKYOUUUUUU EVIL SOULSS!!!!!!!!