You didn't specify what country that you live in, but I'll take a stab in the dark and say... "France". Let's just say that's where you live, since you didn't bother mentioning it.
You want to jump on the bandwagon of American bashing, good for you. It's easy to do when your sitting behind a computer and your life is fine. If you ever get invaded again by a foreign force you'll pray to GOD that we come to the rescue.
You like that infrastructure? Well you should, since we are the ones who built it for you, read up on the "Marshall Plan" and you are welcome for that.
Better wages and living standards? I sure would hope your wages are higher, since you pay $7.60 for a gallon of gas, you pay on average 900 €/month for a small studio, utility bills & groceries. This doesn't include transportation or entertainment whatsoever.
Let's talk about "Taxes" shall we? If you live in France like I think you do, or even somewhere in Europe, your one of the most heavily taxed in the world. After you pay for your rent and gasoline alone, it's time to pay taxes, now your wages are severely reduced to well below our average.
The Healthcare ranking you provided means nothing, it's all about quality, not quantity. You fail to realize that 18 of the worlds top 20 hospitals are in the United States. We rank #1 for Cancer Treatment, #1 for Cadio & Heart Surgeries and more.
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings . As far as us being ranked low on the world scale, one of the big reasons is because in pregnancy & birth there are a lot of complications and deaths here in America which is very sad. We are one of the worst in that category.
Again, Education rankings, means absolutely nothing. Out of the top 4 smartest people in the world based on IQ, 2 of them are Americans. America is home to the smartest people in the entire world due to immigration.
A lot of the things that you use, such as your computer is either an American invention made Microsoft Product or an Apple Product. You are here on WJunction replying to my thread dissing America, yet this very site is powered by and fuels yet another American creation, the Jelsoft Corporation, ie; VBulletin. You browse GOOGLE on a daily, and if not, your probably using Yahoo! You and the majority of the world browses websites daily using either FireFox or Internet Explorer, again 2 American Made Creations. You see our Macromedia Flash by Adobe, everywhere, and again on WJunction. You live in an American world, the leader digitally, the leader internationally. Regardless of where you live, you are affected by US, the Americans. You watch our entertaining movies that come out of Hollywood, your college students are inspired to maybe one day get a job here in America and live the American dream, because this is where it's at.
It's easy to say what you wish about us, but the fact is you have truly know understanding just how much your lives and everyone's lives are affected and influenced by a country with only a population of 300 million people. When shit hits the fan, anywhere, the entire world, all heads, including yours looks to the West to see what we will say and do.
Our military presence is all over the entire globe, we are on virtually every single continent.
You watch our Presidential elections (More people internationally watched then we did here in our own country), because people around the world know the next president of the United States can and will affect their life in some way.
Precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, your disgrace of a Euro isn't the standardized currency for the world, it's the U.S.D.
We are the ones who rush to the aid of people when shit happens, natural disasters, etc, we are there immediately and ready to serve the world.
Why would I want to live in the United States? You can have $150 to your name and start up a CORPORATION the next day. Oh yes, it's true. You can be homeless the night before, and walk in and get a free meal, and then get free housing. If you don't have a job, you can get one within a week. If you want to go to college, go ahead, nobody is ever turned away. Need an operation done? Go ahead and get it, it's why we are the hardest working people in the entire world and pay taxes. We bitch about Gas prices, but pay one the 10th lowest in the world. And out of that entire top 10, were the wealthiest of them all. We pay some of the worlds lowest taxes for individuals making less than $200,000. Our homes are cheap, our products are cheap, our cars are cheap.
Our infrastructure might be old, but it's still working. I don't wake up and say, oh crap the sewer system that's 100 years old doesn't work anymore. Or say, dang I wish I could cross the bridge today but the bridge is broken. Or dang, my internet is so slow. It doesn't effect us yet. We will have to rebuild it very soon, then where do you think we will rank?
You call us dumb? So what does that make you? We essentially own this planet. Economically, Militarily, Digitally. The Europeans loaned us $1trillion to keep there own Economy afloat. Without us rolling along, the world stops rolling along.
Remember the "horrific" bubble that sent markets astray that started here in the United States? You do realize that we lost very little of our GDP as a result of that. People, such as you, have a hard time understanding just how large, powerful and smart we truly are. Here's an actual chart on the history of our GDP...
As you can see from that chart, there was a very tiny small dip there. That little tiny dip sent every single other countries market into a frenzy. When you turned on your news stations all you saw were reports of the USA Economy on the brinks, and then others followed suit. Then you would see numbers scroll across your screen about how many jobs were being lost in each sector here in the United States, and the fear and the panic that was struck by the people. And then the houses that were being foreclosed, and then you heard of markets crashing elsewhere. The craziest thing about all that is this. It didn't effect us like you would think. There wasn't people burning buildings down like Greece. There wasn't starving families under the bridge. Oh no, quite the contrary. This perception that you and a lot of other people have of what is going on here is absolutely incorrect. The American Government is much smarter than me, but if I was in charge of it. I would find a way to continue the growth of the economy. And what a better way to do so than to create a temporary pinch, that upsets markets, throws economies out of wack, and allows us to dig in a little deeper in other countries pockets. The most fascinating this is, that me being a business man I know it "takes money to make money". The most grandeur thing of all this is that we have a Government that couldn't justify spending the ridiculous amount of money that was required to invest in green energy, to boost up the auto industry that was failing, to give each american a couple thousand dollars to spend, to give more benefits. So when this "credit crisis" occurred that was quarterbacked by the exact people who sit in the White House, there was a way. A way to borrow money from the world, a way for us to print all the money that we wish, a way for us to borrow money from ourselves. And invest we did
. You see, when things happen, you must always think outside of the box, for what you see is not what you will get.
We have a true competitor now. That competitor by the name of China, we have grown stagnant over the years because competition was low, there really wasn't anyone around that could compete or come close to us. Now that there is, you will see and are seeing the machine start to wake again. Trust me when I say that if China over takes us on an economic scale, they will have done so working as hard and as long as us. For we work double the amount of time that they do. They would have been as equally skilled and deceitful as the United States Government is. Why start a war to boost an economy? When you can create a "credit crisis" that does the same thing and allows you to print all the money that you wish? It's a simple plan really when you think about. We all got paychecks, our wages increased, our jobs are flowing in, our economy is rising, our stock market is the biggest it's ever been. And here we are on WJunction complaining and whining about how the USA sucks. Well I guess if I lived elsewhere I would hate the USA too, because at the end of the day I would be upset at not being the best, because that's just how I operate. But anyways, an uneducated person would say we are...
stupid and dumb americans
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Our United Nations which resides on our Soil is our Creation, don't you forget that. It's not in Europe, it's not in China, it's not in Russia. It's here, right in our backyard.
These are facts, facts that you need to face.
I am fucking thankful every single day that I wake up in America. Proud to have been born here. Grateful that my money still says "In GOD We Trust", because that we do. Proud of that flag that flaps in the wind on every single government building, corporate building, and every other house in a decent development. Proud of who we are, what we have done for the people in our own country and across the globe. Proud to have the benefits and life that I have.
I wouldn't trade this life for anything else. Wouldn't want to be born anywhere else. You people who are mad at us dropping bombs need to get over it. War is war, you pick a side and that's it. It's a fucking sad thing that people have to die, but the fact is that we don't go dropping bombs for no reason. All the people who continue to interfere with others lives will be dealt with. This is common fact. If you see an American Stealth Fighter Jet dropping bombs, your government and Army did something wrong. We don't take pathetic resources. Our wars are created because we are attacked, because we are defending those whom are attacked or because we are dealing with a potential threat.
Why shouldn't Iran and North Korea have Nuclear War Heads? Geee, you must not be too smart then son.
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All you whiny kids and disrespectful people out there, be thankful. My friends have gone to war to save people, I would go to war to save people. Most importantly, and don't forget this. I would kill anyone if they threatened me or my fellow Americans, the neighbors up North - Canada, the Neighbors down south - Mexico. You come onto this continent, you will be destroyed.
So for all of you who hate the US. One final time. Welcome to the United States of America, because for the past 100 years you've been living in
OUR world. Planet earth should have a gigantic USA Flag wrapped around it. Because were the world largest super power that has EVER walked the planet.
Read it and weep. I'm done with all of you brainwashed, disrespectful, lost people in the world. STAY down then, damn. You can't succeed if you were bread to be a pushover. There's a reason why were #1, it's our drive and determination. We work harder and longer than any country in the entire world. We are proud of who we are. We are thinkers and innovators and strive to be successful, not even. We have ingrained ourselves into every single home on this planet. There will always be those who hate us and those who love us. It's to be expected. People across the globe reading this. Stop pointing fingers and being upset. You can never succeed and will never overtake us by being bitter. Get your friends and your community motivated and working hard and get some Patriotism to you. We are a melting pot of one, we work together, there are the few who leach and suck and are lazy, but even those people are typically doing things under the table - working, doing side jobs, making money, striving, moving forward.
All of you need to take a deep breath, and Move Forward. America is not bad, we are good. The sooner you realize that, the better your lives will be. Less hatred, more love. Stop seeking out our wrong doings, and find out the reasons why we did what we did in the first place. Put yourself in our shoes, understand, think for a change, be inspired, gain knowledge.
You are the few who despise us. Just so you know. The few. Our blood has been shed on every single continent. We've lost millions of our lives fighting in various wars.
God Bless the United States of America!
P.S. A quick video to relieve some tension here. See were not all that bad. This is a video showing you what we are really about outside of our daily jobs here in the United States.
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