[sparklite2]

Exceptional? Today’s NYT thinks we’re the pits.

Yet let’s get real. All this hasn’t benefited all Americans. A newly released global index finds that America falls short, along with other powerful countries, on what matters most: assuring a high quality of life for ordinary citizens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/opinion/nicholas-kristof-enjoying-the-low-life.html

[Alex Murphy]

Exceptional? Today’s NYT thinks we’re the pits. Yet let’s get real. All this hasn’t benefited all Americans. A newly released global index finds that America falls short, along with other powerful countries, on what matters most: assuring a high quality of life for ordinary citizens.

"Gentlemen, we must not allow a pudding-pop gap!"

[alexander_busek]

A newly released global index finds that America falls short, along with other powerful countries, on what matters most: assuring a high quality of life for ordinary citizens.

It isn't the government's business to "ensure a high quality of life" (and who, pray tell, defines what is meant by "high quality?") for its citizens - rather, it should merely stay out of the way and allow the citizens to pursue the life they want.

Regards,