America, I don't think you know who you are.
Oh, sure, you kind of know but I don't think you're really looking at yourself and seeing who and what you are.
So with that in mind, America, Americans, I give you three--just three--statistics, just three facts that really show who you are, what you support and what you're about. Forsooth:
Number one. Health care.
Once again, U.S. has most expensive, least effective health care
US Spends More on Health Care Than Other High-Income Nations But Has Lower Life Expectancy, Worse Health
U.S. Healthcare: Most Expensive and Worst Performing
Our health care and health care system is, far and away, the most expensive health care system in the world, bar none.
For all we pay, we have lousy health and even extremely poor health outcomes.
Of the top 17 industrialized nations, we have the worst mortality rates. Translation: We die sooner than the 16 nations before us on that list.
Second, number two of our statistics, on top of all that spending and costs, we are ranked number 31, in 31st place in life expectancy, internationally. Check it out.
List of countries by life expectancy
Of the 30 nations ahead of us on this list of life expectancy, all have universal health care. Imagine that. Oh, yeah, and most are---GASP--SOCIALIST nations. Heaven forbid, right?
Third and finally, there is this statistic and fact, America. Again, this is who you are.
U.S. Military Spending Dwarfs Rest of World
US Spends More on Military Than Next Seven Countries Combined
How Military and Education Spending Compare in America
US spends more on military than next 8 nations combined
These, my fellow Americans, are your--our--priorities.
Sure, we bemoan our students and schools failing and sure, we lament our health care is outrageously high--so high we can't afford it and that it's also the number one cause of bankruptcy in the nation. And yes, we don't have enough money, we think and say, for our roads and bridges and highways and sewers and airports and infrastructure or anything else, really, but BY GOD, WE HAVE BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS FOR "DEFENSE"! Nobody has more money for bombs and jets and warships or blows things up better than us.
So there you go, America. In three quick little "nutshells", so to speak, this is who and what you are.
Apparently, you think this is all not just a good idea but that it's also somehow sustainable.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
