Friday, October 21st, 2016
Stephan: Because we will not, or perhaps cannot, tell ourselves the truth about ourselves as a nation, the United States is slowly becoming a second tier society in everything but military power -- and given the failures of the F-35 and the new Zumwalt class destroyer there are questions even there.
Anyone who has flown internationally, or driven in Europe, Japan, or China knows how second rate our transportation infrastructure has become. But it is more than that. Then there is the poor status of our healthcare system, and such fundamental existential social aspects as gender equality. Here are some actual facts.
People queue at a free medical clinic in Wise, Virginia. Fourteen women died per 100,000 live births in the US in 2015 – a similar number to Uruguay and Lebanon.
Credit: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg
The US, the world’s biggest economy, ranks below Kazakhstan and Algeria for gender equality, according to a report showing the countries that offer the most opportunities for girls. (emphasis added)
Niger was named the worst country in the Girls’ Opportunity Index, compiled by Save the Children to mark International Day of the Girl.
The US came 32nd in the index due to its low representation of women in parliament, high teenage pregnancy rates and and its record on maternal deaths. Fourteen women died per 100,000 live births in the US in 2015, a […]
The US, world’s biggest economy doing what? To add to the F-35 and Zumwalt, goes the Ford class aircraft carrier, launced in 2013 and still not able to land a plane. $600 million cost over run on the flight arresting mechanism that has yet to work. Not to mention the trillion dollar ‘nuclear modernization’ reversal of the Gorbachav nuclear agreements, and B-21 a stealth nuclear bomber. Anti-security tools for big stick neo cons that have no clue about economics. Meanwhile we fight the GMO, sugar, diabetes, manufactured food loop which makes a lot of money in backward progress. Impoverishing us.… Read more »