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Our healthcare ranks 19th among Western nations

Poppycock. Every sick person in the world desperately dreams of getting an American doctor. Whatever source you got this "statistic" from must use some truly creative criteria for "quality healthcare". My guess would be that expense and availability would rank very high on their criteria list, and if so, it is designed specifically to favor socialist systems over free-enterprise. In other words, Leftist garbage nonsense.

and our literacy rate is not as high as some other nations

As a teacher, I can tell you that in most cases, those who can't read simply don't care about learning to read. If you want this to change, you either have to change the cultural background of those who aren't interested in learning, or force them to learn against their will. Neither is a freedom-based solution.

I'll leave you with this analogy: Since the fascist dictators of WWII were famous for having the trains running on time, would you advocate chaning our system to mirror theirs so that we can compete?

We don't have to be #1 in government-subsidized healthcare, and should not want to be. (However, I'd bet my home that the US is #1, by a wiiiiide margin, in providing healthcare to the world's poor.)

(almost 100 Iraqi defenders killed to every one American)

This hyphenated goo-goo should read Victor Davis Hanson's Carnage and Culture and get the news that this is pretty much the average kill rate when European and European descended armies meet "The Other" in combat.

"Since the fascist dictators of WWII were famous for having the trains running on time, would you advocate chaning our system to mirror theirs so that we can compete? "

You're a teacher? That's pretty sad, considering you didn't even understand my post. I didn't advocate changing anything. On the contrary, I merely stated the facts and said that even though that was the case we still had the country where opportunity was greatest, and that's why people flock here.

You said, "Poppycock" to my comment about America ranking 19th in healthcare in developed nations. Next time do some research (you are a teacher, right?). 1) The Cigna health insurance website says that "The United States ranks 26th among all developed nations in terms of infant mortality". 2) the National Conference of State Legislature website says, "The United States ranks 21st out of 27 countries in infant mortality; 17th for life expectancy of women; and 21st for life expectancy of men of the 29 developed countries." 3) The World Health Organization ranks the US 37th in healthcare provided for its citizens.

I gave you some facts and figures. Next time you choose to editorialize, you might try doing the same. It's nice to make a statement like, "However, I'd bet my home that the US is #1, by a wiiiiide margin, in providing healthcare to the world's poor", but it's meaningless if you don't have any data to back it up.