Why do conservatives complain about social health care/education … when they are the best in the world?
the nations that score at the top all use social programs for the services they offer…
shouldn’t these countries be at the bottom if social programs don’t work?
OECD USA Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index: #37 (#1 France and #2 Italy)-
World Health Organization 2003 USA Ranking of Student Reading Ability: #12 (#1 Finland and #2 South Korea)-
OECD PISA 2003 USA Ranking of Student Problem Solving Ability: #26 (#1 South Korea and #2 Finland)-
OECD PISA 2003 USA Ranking on Student Mathematics Ability: # 24 (#1 Hong Kong and #2 Finland)-
and maybe my stats are wrong… feel free to correct me on anything listed… but please do cite it…
some of these stats were borrowed from “bytheway”… I hope they don’t mind… but they got me to thinking…
The health care part of the question is obvious. There are people in this country who can’t afford health care and that shouldn’t be. For a couple, in their 40s, with hospitalization, doctor and prescription co-pay, the cost is over 1000.00 per month. I don’t know a lot of people who can afford that, do you? At least Canada provides health care for all of their citizens.
Charlotte Iserbyt – Deliberate Dumbing Down of the World