Not that we are near the bottom, we are very near the top in some categories, and very much NOT in others. So why are we the best?
Economy
In 2006 "the United States shows the most pronounced drop, falling from first to sixth"
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/GCRpressrelease06
US is number 8 of top ten livable countries
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/mostlivablecountries.html
Life expectancy, US is 18th here
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html
Here we are even lower:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934746.html
Health care: The United States rated 24th under this system, or an average of 70.0 years of healthy life for babies born in 1999. ... "Basically, you die earlier and spend more time disabled if you’re an American rather than a member of most other advanced countries
http://home.earthlink.net/~acisney2/id30.html
(this site is not bipartisan, but the WHO is)
2007-01-23
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