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Many of those inventions are British. The UK is responsible for 55% of all inventions since 1900.
Radar, internal combustion engine, world wide web, DNA sequencing, splitting the atom, anaesthetic, fire extinguisher, magnifying glass, LED, programmable computer, PDA, MP3 player, laptop, calculator. Just a tiny selection of British inventions.
We have the largest Veterans program in the world. We spend 150 billion annually or more than $7,000 per veteran. Our Medicare program spends about $550 billion annually or about $10,000 per senior recipient. By the way most of the people in these two socialist programs vote Republican.
Serious question. I keep seeing people act like America is great in some regard, but I have to question why. I used to think it was because of wealth, but that isn't it either.
Well, America saved the world from domination by the Nazis. Then it saved the world from domination by the Soviets. It put a man on the moon. It was the first constitutional republic on the planet. It provides far and way more aid around the world than any other nation. It has produced more nobel prize winners than any other nation. It was the first nation to declare that human beings have inherent inalienable rights. It has produced a gigantic body of cinema, music, and literature enjoyed by people all over the world. It has produced more scientific progress than any other country. It has produced more medical breakthroughs than any other nation.
Liberal white guilt aside, America has done more good than any other civilization in the history of mankind.
Anyone know a Republican who isn't sucking off at least two gubbermint programs?? As an example most Republicans are on either SS, Medicare, VA, or Tricare or a combination. Then they like to complain about big gubbermint or that they saw someone buy steak with Snap. Republicans lover other peoples money that's for sure/
Interesting. What that says about Republicans then is that they work for a living and are patriotic enough to serve in the Armed Forces. Are you saying that Democrats do not and are not? As for other people's money, here's something you may not be aware of, perhaps because you don't work. Working people pay into SS and Medicare. You're likely a Democrat so you ought to already know that collectively, they've never seen a penny of other peoples money they didn't want and couldn't spend or a tax they didn't want to increase.
You might want to stop and think....well....try hard to, before you make outlandish, nonsensical statements. That way you run less risk of sounding like a cretin.
The U.S. can brag about the fact that it is one of the most diverse Western countries and about the fact that it was historically one of the earliest (genuine) democratic republics out there (and which continuously survived to the present day).
As an example most Republicans are on either SS, Medicare, VA, or Tricare or a combination.
These are programs they paid for or earned, it's not a handout like welfare where you only need to exist to get a benefit. Anyone of those benefits requires you put something into the system to get something out whether it's taxes or time served in the military.
Our Medicare program spends about $550 billion annually or about $10,000 per senior recipient. By the way most of the people in these two socialist programs vote Republican.
At what point in time were these people given a choice to participate in this program? They paid for it their entire lives and now you expect them to not collect on the benefits they were promised?
considering that the large majority of inventions in the past 150 years were done here in the US, i would say we have a lot to crow about. we created the airplane, the automobile assembly line, TV, radio, electricity, the light bulb, the phonograph, the cell phone, the eight track tape player, the cassette player, the CD player, the blu ray player, the microwave, we put a man on the moon, we put two spacecraft into deep space, we developed carbon fiber, fiberglass, along with a variety of other materials. we also created the steam engine, and that is just a tiny list.
That is what I always sort of thought.... America is a leader in terms of technology and things of the like.......
I do wonder about the stats in terms of money and quality of life... I wonder if the big corporations here have a little too much leeway... IDK... I'm open to analyzing the subject... a lot of people are dye in the wool either way... I'd like to see a real conversation on American quality of life and how much wealth we have as a people and how much wealth the corporations have........
IDK... again... I'm open to companies making money... I just wonder about Reagan's trickle down economics model.....
I wonder if it really is trickling down.... it's starting to seem like the wealth gap is getting much larger than it should be....
Studies show that over the last 40 yrs salaries have stagnated and the wealthy are getting much more wealthy.....
On the backs of who???????
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