1st in military spending 1st in number of people incarcerated 1st in military weapons exports 36th in 15-year-olds’ math scores 25th in low birth weight rates 31st in infant mortality rates
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How the US stacks up. 1st in gross domestic product 1st in number of billionaires Second to worst in child poverty rates Largest gap between the rich and poor 1st in health expenditures 24th in 15-year-olds’ reading scores 28th in 15-year-olds’ science scores
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Second to worst in relative child poverty (ahead of Romania) Second to worst in teenage birth rates (ahead of Bulgaria) Worst in protecting our children against gun violence (Children’s Defense Fund, 2014).
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So much winning. How sad!
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The wealthy “protect” THEIR children with their fabulous wealth. The rest of us are up the proverbial creek ..well, you guys get the idea...if must use a public system
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No, no-you're supposed to stop after the first two!
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Adding, in an increasingly dangerous world-in part because of our withdrawal from leadership-I'm not that upset about being in 1st in military spending. Because it isn't so much we can't afford guns and butter as the rich are hogging all the butter.
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Tax the rich, tax them until they feel like everyone else. The poor fight the wars, work at markets, cook, care for our children, and so on, and so on. The rich? They destroy our safety nets, they collude with enemies, they monetize essential services, they rob resources.pic.twitter.com/LjEoyxZFC0
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If you give the workers healthcare and a Union without retirement/insurance money problems and the rich can only get so rich. (we could afford to buy our own politicians)
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Money money money for the .1%
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