{"id":795,"date":"2005-02-02T05:03:25","date_gmt":"2005-02-02T09:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=795"},"modified":"2005-02-02T05:03:25","modified_gmt":"2005-02-02T09:03:25","slug":"no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"“No. 1?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

MICHAEL VENTURA, AUSTIN CHRONICLE<\/a> – We’re No. 1. Well … this is the country you really live in:<\/p>\n

– The United States is 49th in the world in literacy <\/p>\n

– The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy <\/p>\n

– “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<\/p>\n

– 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. <\/p>\n

– “U.S. childhood poverty now ranks 22nd, or second to last, among the developed nations. Only Mexico scores lower” – The European Dream<\/p>\n

– The United States is 41st in the world in infant mortality. Cuba scores higher <\/p>\n

– “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. <\/p>\n

via<\/em> UNDERNEWS<\/a><\/p>\n

Read entire column by Michael Ventura<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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