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Monday, February 13, 2012

Yet more examples--ugly ones, this time--of how the US is not "Number 1"

"The United States ranks 31st of the 34 countries that make up the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) in terms of the percentage of our population that qualifies as poor. Of the 34 member states, only Mexico, Chile and Israel are worse off than we are. The UK (at 11%), Germany (8.9%) and France (7.2%) are all much lower. The OECD average is 11%." And there are many, many more statistics within this video, making Mr. Zakaria's point. The thing is, this kind of reporting is an example why Conservatives, the Right Wing, Republicans and others say American media is "Liberal." It reminds me, once again, of the now-famous quote from one Helder Camara: "When I fed the poor, they called me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a Communist." Links: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/12/zakaria-mitt-you-need-to-worry-about-the-very-poor/; http://www.oecd.org;

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