Herewith, things we Americans do that no other Western, industrialized nation does.
First, we don't control weapons
Why the US has the most mass shootings
U.S. has the most public mass shooters
in the world, study shows
Gun Control:
How Australia Stopped Mass Shootings
Second, we tie health care to profits.
Report: US Spends More Per Person On Health Care
And these are the results:
U.S. Healthcare: Most Expensive
and Worst Performing
U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst
in the Developed World
And it's killing our mothers and children.U.S. Has The Worst Rate of Maternal Deaths
In The Developed World
Infant Mortality Rates Fall 15 Percent in U.S.
US child mortality ranks worst
among 20 wealthy countries, study finds
Third, we don't take care of our people, instead, we spend outrageously, even obscenely on what we call "defense."
US military spending dwarfs rest of world
The US spends more on defence than
all of these countries combined
US spends more on military than next
8 nations combined
And we do it exponentially greater than any other nation, to the point of actually making us weaker.
US Military Spending Actually Weakens
Nation's Defenses
Fourth and finally here, we, lots of us, think of ourselves, proudly, as the "wealthiest nation in the world" presently, if not ever, on the face of the planet, through time, when statistics show some pretty incredible insights to it.
Why is poverty higher in the U.S.
than in other countries?
Why USA has more poverty
than any other developed country?
The U.S. Can No Longer Hide
From Its Deep Poverty
So here's to you, America. This is how you really are and this is what you do.
Aren't you exceptional?
Isn't just enough to make you proud?
