[cloudmountain]

We are the wealthiest, best off country on the planet, in the human history of the planet and still we whine that "it's just not enough."
It will never be enough. Spoiled.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

We are the wealthiest, best off country on the planet, in the human history of the planet and still we whine that "it's just not enough." It will never be enough. Spoiled.

With 1850 medicine, I’d be long dead. Many of us would be.

Oh beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears

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That would imply, among other things, the end of death. We still have a ways to go . . .

[kabar]

We are the wealthiest, best off country on the planet, in the human history of the planet and still we whine that "it's just not enough." It will never be enough. Spoiled.

We are living way beyond our means. In order to do that we have borrowed money from future generations. We have a $17 trillion national debt that increases every year and we have over $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities for the entitlement programs. We are not the best off country on the planet. We are just sacrificing the future so we can enjoy the present.

[wrench]

“We are the wealthiest, best off country on the planet, in the human history of the planet and still we whine that “it’s just not enough.”
It will never be enough. Spoiled.”

That sounds just like something Obama would say.

Maybe if we are more like Zimbabwe or Liberia we could really hold our heads high. /s

Some of us were always taught to strive to be the best, and never apologize for success.

[ozarkgirl]

We are the wealthiest, best off country on the planet, in the human history of the planet and still we whine that "it's just not enough." It will never be enough. Spoiled.

That's true, just by virtue of being born in the US we are in the top 10% income bracket in the world.

But our standard of living is going down.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Spoiled.

What we have is a spoiled Federal Government, 47% on the dole, spoiled state and local governments and taxation on pretty much everything. I would be doing just fine if my pay check wasn't shredded by taxes.