Posted on 01/20/2013 11:04:34 AM PST by Innovative
The World's Happiest Countries:
1. Norway
2. Denmark
3. Sweden
4. Australia
5. New Zealand
6. Canada
7. Finland
8. The Netherlands
9. Switzerland
10. Ireland
So where does the United States rank? It's at 12th place this year, slipping from 10th. According to Legatum, the U.S. has slipped in the areas of governance, personal freedom, and most troubling, in entrepreneurship & opportunity. America is supposed to be the land of opportunity, but Legatum notes "a decline in citizens' perception that working hard gets you ahead."
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The Obamedia knows better than to take a Happiness Poll tomorrow. When the clown and the poseur take their redundant oaths (totally unnecessary since they were legally sworn in today), half the country will be swearing in a totally different context.
Switzerland at No. 9? They have one of the highest suicide rates per capita in Europe...
maybe they’re happy killing themselves..
Royalist propaganda.
very subjective criteria of course
So we can now say (as based on the demographics of the top 10 happiest countries), being happy is racist.
Libs = 1
Conservatives = 199
Diversity leads to unhappiness. Is this the conclusion I should draw?
On the other hand, the same Liberals don't seem to be too concerned about the national debt and downplay its significance.
I don't know... I am so confused! But I know that I am unhappy! /sarc
I notice that the “happiest” countries are extremely liberal, Socialist, and have very low moral values in general. If that’s what it takes to make their list, I’m glad we’re not in the top 10.
These poll results make me very unhappy.
Gallup’s list is COMPLETELY different!
http://www.ibtimes.com/are-worlds-happiest-countries-latin-america-956178
I know that a lot of beer will be consumed in the next four years. So maybe that will make us happier.
At least it helps me forget that our country is going to hell in a hand basket. For a little while anyway.
Also notice that these countries are rather homogeneous..too many minorities spoil the ‘stew’??
Happiness is mandatory. Unhappiness will result in termination.
Are YOU happy, Citizen?
I’m shocked! There’s no country in Africa of the Middle East in the top ten!!
And yet they are ranked higher than Eagleland for Economic Freedom by Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, and Fraser Institute
What can I say. Aristotle wrote the book on Politics Two millenia ago.
“Switzerland at No. 9? They have one of the highest suicide rates per capita in Europe...”
Yea, the unhappy people get out of the way...to push their happiness numbers up.
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