That's not it. Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take them out of the calculations and we're near the top.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Food for thought?" > > Sure, but not all in a negative context. > > For example, looking at Life Expectancy. A ranking of 30th seems pretty > bad. Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (including the > incredibly unhealthy fast-food), an abundance of non-manual labor jobs, an > abundance of personal vehicles (no biking or walking), and no incentive to > exercises (except personal drive). The USA has a lot overweight people > with diabetes and high blood pressure leading to a lot of premature deaths. > This is by personal lifestyle choices. > > I won't touch prisons and education though. I believe both are incredibly > misman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
