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Obama Campaigning in Davenport, Iowa in 2007

19 April 2010

Free, Tolerant, and Happy - International - The Atlantic

Free, Tolerant, and Happy - International - The Atlantic

The US follows the stats for nations with high levels of economic freedom in all measures except equality. In that respect, we fall far short. The author notes that we need to keep that in mind when we consider the future--for people at the top to have more, the people on the bottom don't need to stay so far down. The rising ocean should raise all boats. Our income inequality is closer to Cambodia, Azerbaijan, and other SE Asia and former Soviet countries that with the rest of the English speaking world (except UK) & Northern Europe.
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