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View Poll Results: Choose the Country to be Born in where you would be considered "Poor"
Iran 0 0%
North Korea 4 4.82%
Brazil 2 2.41%
Sudan 1 1.20%
United States 59 71.08%
Mexico 0 0%
UK 16 19.28%
Indonesia 0 0%
China 1 1.20%
Russia 0 0%
Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-19-2011, 02:17 PM
 
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From your article.

Comparing wealth to the United States


Norway has a higher productivity rate that the United States. (131% of the US Level)
Norway has the fastest growth of average real compensation (wages plus benefits) in the world. US is 0.3% and Norway’s growth rate is 4.3%.
The US has the highest child poverty rate at 21.9% and Norway has the second lowest overall poverty rate at 6.4%.

Yes, we said Norway. I like this thread.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:21 PM
 
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Norway or Sweden.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:22 PM
 
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There are many things about rightwingers that baffle me, but one of the main ones is their utter ignorance of the rest of the world. The US has the worst, most crippling poverty of any industrialized western nation. Why? The poor social net. That's just a fact. I hate debating things will people who don't even acknowledge basic reality.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:23 PM
 
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Mexico, I like their woman.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:25 PM
 
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There are many things about rightwingers that baffle me, but one of the main ones is their utter ignorance of the rest of the world. The US has the worst, most crippling poverty of any industrialized western nation. Why? The poor social net. That's just a fact. I hate debating things will people who don't even acknowledge basic reality.
What do you expect when self-righteous superiority and poor education represent right wingers?
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:27 PM
 
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Personally I prefer to use the Big Mac index. Norway's Big Mac is over valued by 100% verses the US

Must be the Socialized Medical Insurance to pay for the Big Mac attacks.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:30 PM
 
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There are many things about rightwingers that baffle me, but one of the main ones is their utter ignorance of the rest of the world. The US has the worst, most crippling poverty of any industrialized western nation. Why? The poor social net. That's just a fact. I hate debating things will people who don't even acknowledge basic reality.
You really don't understand PPP do you.

If you did then you would realize that Norway has a higher level of poverty than the US
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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If the 'poor' of Norway, Demark, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada don't own a house, a vehicle, get HUD subsidies, food stamps, have multiple HDTV, xbox, cell phones, internet connection, computers, free school food, head start at school, earned income credit on April 15th, medicaid, I'd choose the bennies of being poor in the U.S.
They have national healthcare, why would they need medicaid and college is paid for.
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:37 PM
 
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Norway.
Go ahead and go you'll have lots of friends...
Increase of poor children in Norway - BarentsObserver (http://www.barentsobserver.com/increase-of-poor-children-in-norway.4863143-116321.html - broken link)

Working poor in Europe
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:41 PM
 
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Go ahead and go you'll have lots of friends...
Increase of poor children in Norway - BarentsObserver (http://www.barentsobserver.com/increase-of-poor-children-in-norway.4863143-116321.html - broken link)

Working poor in Europe

I would probably live a lot longer. Probably has something to do with their national health care.

Total Population > Life Expectancy At Birth statistics - Countries Compared - NationMaster
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