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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the point isn't that there is nothing to fix, the point is that this information is worthless. if we are to fix the problems we must demand real statistics with real analytical weight behind them.
i dislike it when the blatantly obvious gets cast into the realm of personal opinion. it's not that i don't see value in these statistics, it's that there ISN'T value in the statistics. who among us would make any decision in life with this type of information? would you shop for a car or buy a house with a similar collection of data? of course not. how then could we begin to have a meaningful discussion about infinitely more serious and complex issues? there is no doubting your sincerity pan, but you must demand a better starting point for discussing the issue.
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I think you missed the point. The purpose of this list was to point out the myriad different ways in which america is less than ideal
whether compared to other nations or not. I believe that many americans harbor the false notion that america is top dog in every endeavor it chooses to undertake. Before you can have a discussion about any problem, you must first acknowledge that the problem exists. That is the purpose of these stats.
Even though many of the stats compare the u.s. to the e.u. doesn't mean that all of the stats must compare the u.s. to another country.