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Is America Number One?
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Is America Number One?
I always thought that America was one of the best countries in the world, because
everyone knows that we are known for all the freedoms and equalities that we are granted
by just being born here. I also always thought America was one of the best, because I
always heard on the news about the problems that other countries were having with
diseases, economic problems, as well as problems within their government. But, now after
researching all these things about my own country, I have found that we arent better than
anyone, unless you view being the best as being the most financially secured. Even there,
we arent the richest country, according to aneki.com Luxemburg and Norway beat us in
that category. And, I also found that even though we are the 3rd richest country, we have
the most billionaires living in this country then any other, but we are also the 13th most
expensive country to live in. Then I thought, if being the richest doesnt make us the best or
the cheapest to live in for that matter, is it the fact that we are the country with the mos
equally treated population, but then again according to my research I was wrong. The US
was not even ranked among the countries that had the best gender equality. Then, while I
was at it, I decided to look up some more things about this country, and see if something
could prove that we were in fact a great country.
But, instead of finding great things, I found things that we as Americans shouldnt
be too proud of, or at least our government shouldnt be proud of and trying to fix. Some of
the smaller things that I found that mostly had to do with the people of the united states