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04-22-2016, 11:15 AM
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The Republican congress is what makes it impossible.
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04-22-2016, 12:17 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Except for its permanent underclass, the standard of living in the US is higher than virtually every other civilized nation.
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04-22-2016, 12:27 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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That's true of virtually every civilized nation.
ie, things are great if you ignore the underclass.
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04-22-2016, 01:05 PM
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Radical Centrist
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"job complete"
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04-22-2016, 01:35 PM
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Not sure what qualifies as "virtually other" but... a (completely unscientific) average of different methodologies for determining our ranking (as determined by 5-10 minutes of Googling) has us at about 10.43rd place.
I haven't done any serious research into this. Is there a consensus among some group of experts that we should trust as having the right answer?
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04-22-2016, 03:34 PM
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You could always go with the most prolific meme posters on FB.
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04-22-2016, 03:44 PM
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Snowflake
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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04-22-2016, 05:14 PM
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The future is unwritten
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One of the reasons those other civilized nations are living large, is we've spent so much blood and treasure playing world cop so they could use their resources for better things. This has had a secondary effect of promoting the military industrial complex employing a lot of voters who wish to perpetuated it, along with the paranoids who feel we need it more than safe infrastructure.
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