Quote Originally Posted by theHawk View Post
Nice hit job piece. It fails to mention that we have more immigrants flooding to this country than any other in the world, which accounts for alot of the poor people. Americans also work harder and longer than Europeans. Probably the biggest reason Americans don't live as long is because of the bad diet most live on. Comparing the US to a place like Greece is comparing apples to oranges.
Immigrants flooding - let me see. Biggest economy in the world. Would that be a reason? You think immigrants grab all the statistics and carefully peruse them to see where they should live based on non-economic factors? Probably not I think.

And immigrants account for all the poor people? Does that mean an immigrant is condemned to live in poverty in the US for the term of his or her existence?

Diet. Well could be. Quite a lot of diseases are linked to bad diets. And bad diets are usually as a result of poverty and lack of education. Hey that's the good news! It's the poor that are dying early! Look at that - what a solution. The poor die early and the numbers improve! Pure genius!