Latest US News: PROSPERITY

Who's to say Canada isn't their final goal?

 

It could be your study is correct. I am not a businessman either but I have done business of one kind or another with many different places. From my own personal experience I place France as the last Western Nation I'll ever again do business with and the U.S. I place second to last.

 

We should help them out, to reach that goal, if that is the "object of their desire".

 

Our full employment claims now being questioned, as many of the jobs particularly in retail are to people desiring full time worker status but only being given part time working hours as employers try to deny them full time employee benefits. This is forcing many to have to take a second part time job to make ends meet.

 

You have no idea how unemployment is counted.

 

Which part?
Our infrastructure is falling apart with most of our bridges being labeled as structurally unsafe, some 4.5 trillion is needed to modernize it [source]

Our healthcare falls behind that of most developed nations and we pay the most by far [source]

Our educational attainment and standards lags behind most countries [source]

So which part do you disagree with?

I didn’t specifically say you but it seems to fit so far.

 

Since you insist that I repeat myself, all of it.

Same to you.

 

Ignoring fact seems to be high on the list of priorities for the anti-American crowd as well so you simply further illustrate my point. Low or no information voters seem to be one of the prominent issues we face.

 

These countries were doing pretty well until they embraced mass migration. Now they suck! Socialism leads to globalism which leads to destruction. sad but true. the middle east is so backwards they can't sustain themselves and then migrate to and ruin other countries. I praise God that Trump isn't letting that BS happen here in the USA

 

You are not describing the definition of full employment. Full employment is simply everyone who wants a job is working at prevailing wage rates, with allowances for frictional unemployment as workers transition between jobs.

 

Interesting thing about studies. You can skew them to show anything you want. This study list a whole bunch of items but it does not show how much weight each get. Any thinking person has to wonder how you factor "social support and civic participation" into a prosperity argument. Does being civically involved make you more prosperous? It also does not identify what these items really are either. For example, what is "Personal Freedom"?

I have also looked at the list of countries. One thing sticks out. Nearly all these countries have very small populations. The United Kingdom has about a 5th of the US population. There are states in the US with more population than all the rest. In some cases there states with several times their population. For example, New Zealand has a population of under 5 million.

I do find it interesting that New Zealand is number one. I have been there. Beautiful country. In many ways it reminds me of 1950's US. European men run everything and have a much higher standard of living. Minorities and women know their place as secondary citizens. Come to think of it. Back when the US was ran like that we were number 1 too. Is this something we should emulate again?

 

I was more interested in your assertions about the cause of the ranking. Have you any back up for them?

 

If a country is seen as unfriendly to business, what else could be the source if that other than government policy?

 

Absurd that a ranking for prosperity doesn't include GDP per capita.

 

I don't consider what you posted as fact. Did I have to spell that out for you? Also, I'm not a voter so need to worry.

 

I disagree. GDP is a false number because it includes government.

 

I sourced the information.
If you have sources that disprove it feel free to post it.

 

Not necessary. You can believe whatever you like.

 

What does government add to GDP? They don't produce anything.

 

There you go. Glad to see someone agrees with me.

 

Maybe my idea of prosperity is askew. However, I see it as the ability to achieve what you want financially.
My model would be based on GDP, disposable income, % of population owning homes or the affordability of housing, % of population that owns cars, unemployment rate, % of elderly living in poverty, % of population owning own business, % of population with HS, Undergraduate, and Graduate degrees.

 

CBS News has JUST released a report showing that 40% of WORKING AMERICANS are one missed paycheck away from financial disaster,They have no or insignificant savings.The report was prepared as a response to the shutdown.This in our SUPPOSEDLY HIGH FLYING ECONOMY???Something stinks in Denmark.

 

People living beyond their means. You think that is something new? However, I would like to see the justification for that 40% number. I just watched 800,000 workers miss a paycheck. How many of them went into "financial disaster?

 

It's cold in Canada.