MICHAEL VENTURA, AUSTIN CHRONICLE – We’re No. 1. Well … this is the country you really live in:
– The United States is 49th in the world in literacy
– The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy
– “The European Union leads the U.S. in … the number of science and engineering graduates; public research and development (R&D) expenditures; and new capital raised” – The European Dream
– The World Health Organization “ranked the countries of the world in terms of overall health performance, and the U.S. [was] … 37th.” In the fairness of health care, we’re 54th.
– “U.S. childhood poverty now ranks 22nd, or second to last, among the developed nations. Only Mexico scores lower” – The European Dream
– The United States is 41st in the world in infant mortality. Cuba scores higher
– “Of the 20 most developed countries in the world, the U.S. was dead last in the growth rate of total compensation to its work-force in the 1980s.
via UNDERNEWS