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Thank you very much. I try to stay as accurate as possible.

The Untied States, and why it's not as terrible as you think. A Little Background: I started an anti-American revolution while still in high-school. The details are not important, just suffice it to say that I was on the very opposite side of what I am going to point out. I grew up however, and my horizons expanded. I gathered more experience, and I can safely say that America is not as terrible as you think. I will be using the United States and America interchangeably. I am aware of the difference; however, I often will flip around the shorthand. Also, please excuse the rogue Wikipedia reference; I am not going to pay for scholarly documents for a forum post that will probably be ignored. 5. Welfare, and why you should care. The welfare system has been in, 'a state of crisis' since the early 1960s. Through the 1980s, the load on the welfare system nearly tripled. Today, the United States welfare system is supporting nearly triple that again. "I'm a lower middle class to upper class citizen, why should I care about this?" I'll tell you why, because one-third of Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. This includes the upper-crust citizens. The welfare system isn't around to help the lazy be, well, lazy. The welfare system exist to aid those people who have lost their jobs due to market instability, crazy bosses, or rogue medical bill. The welfare system is not just a check that comes in the mail, but food in children's mouths, clothes on their back, and the ability to eat lunch while at school. "But, but, people just suck on the welfare tit for their entire life!" Some might, yes. Did you know that in the late 90s they reformed the welfare system? The new system included the ability to track many more aspects of those citizens in the welfare system. The subsequent changes actually made it quite difficult for people to slip into the welfare system, and just stay there. New laws included the five year cap. After five years, you don’t qualify for welfare. Unless you are very unlucky, you probably will live for five more years. Only 20% of those on welfare qualify for anything over 5 years, and out of that 20%, a very small percentage ever stays on welfare for life. Those lifers don’t have it easy either, as welfare is meant to be a bandaid, and not life support. The welfare system is great. Just because a few people abuse it, does not demonize the fact that our country cares about the wellbeing of our citizens. Adults need to eat, children need to eat, need a roof over their heads, and shoes on their feet. If you want a country without a proper welfare system, there are lots of third world countries available. http://www.nber.org/papers/w8983.pdf 4. The United States is not as unhealthy as you want to believe. “America is just so damned fat! It is full of fat people who are just waiting to die and being a huge burden on our crumbling healthcare system!” If you use the United States, ‘being fat’ excuse for criticizing the country, this is essentially what you are saying. Let’s take a look at the world obesity map provided by the BBC: Oh damn! That looks pretty bad, right? Well not really. Let's compare this with let's say, diabetes in the adult population. I mean, obesity and diabetes walk hand in hand. What's happening here!?!? America should be a shade of red that can't be found on the visible spectrum! Well, not really. You see, we have great medical care, and an awesome education system that teaches the future adults how to prevent certain health risk. Also, race does matter; depending on what genes you are born with, will determine your risk for diabetes, heart problems, ect. Do you know what America doesn't have? Rampant malnutrition: (Thanks Wikipedia) Those populations most devastated above, do not even have the option of begging. No one has food. No one. This isn't a case of being broke, and not being able to afford a microwave pot-pie. This is a case of food just simply not existing. 3. The United States education system is one of the best in the world. "Oh come on! Surely you can't defend the United States on this?! Really!?" Quick! Think of two countries that have a better, more well equipped, inclusive, education system than the United States! I am willing to bet Japan was on that list. Guess what? The United States has a better education system. "But they are trying to teach creationism and abstinence over protection in school! The bible belt is corrupting the American education system already full of failing students! Tenor is keeping bad teachers employed and no-child-left-behind is ensuring we pass even the laziest students!" Well, let's take a look at the academic rating list of the top higher education schools in the world: http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html Look who is all the way down there at #21. That's not a bad school! The University of Tokyo is a damned fine school, but the United States are just better. We practically own the list of top ten schools for higher education, in the whole world. There is a good chance that if you are not from the United States, that your doctors, engineers, and designers were all formally trained right here on American soil. If you are not referring the higher education, take a look at this literacy map: [Provided by Just Maps] And let's not even get into forced segregation of disabled students in places like... OH COMMON JAPAN. 2. America is full of right wing, bible thump'n, gun tot'n nut jobs! Alright, let's get the gun thing out of the road right now, as I am sure this is going to spark a lively debate for which I could care less about. The United States constitution guarantees everyone of age the right to own as many guns as they want. If you go by the news, you might believe that your odds of being shot in America are close to 1, but in reality, the odds are 1/>25,000; those odds drop significantly outside of Detroit. Your odds of dying are even lower. The constitution also has a few other nice parts. The separation of church and state is not just a by-law shoved in at the last minute. The founding fathers understood what kind of death-grip religion could have on the masses. The separation of church and state is a right as much as it is a law. Just like your right to practice whatever religion your little heart desires: You also have the right to a fair education/trial/DMV visit, without worrying about what god you need to pretend to worship. To undo this, would be to dismantle the constitution. Tax payers also have the right to vote, and those tax payers pay for the schools. If you live in the - quickly diminishing - population that strongly believes in a god, you are going to get creationism in your schools... along side evolution, because no matter how hard the religious try, you can't touch the constitution. 1. Let's real talk about the constitution of the United States of America for a moment. http://youtu.be/cmG4GUjesig?t=7s

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