Exceptional Nation?
We’re not exceptional in a lot of ways:
trail in infant mortality rankings
lag behind in K-12 education quality compared to most of Europe and Asia
don’t have the best health care of the largest democracies
don’t have the most and best manufacturing jobs anymore
trail in public transportation nationwide
But we are exceptional in other ways:
largest prison population per capita
largest military budget in the world
largest equity gap in wealth in the free world
most number of bankruptcies due to medical expenses
largest bonuses and bailouts to CEOs and corporations
Largest corporate donations given to political advertising
Time for politicians to stop bragging and get busy.
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