Proud to be an American? - Mother Jones

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

There are more equally illustrative charts about the "American Dream" at the link.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts

Proud to be an American?
The US is part of a very small club of nations that don't require...

[Ship of Fools]

1. Amazing how visuals can really drive it home. PATHETIC.

[Warpy]

2. America the SCREWED

But hey! Our rich people are the richest people out there! They buy $14,000 shower curtains so we can be proud!

It really is time for people with those garage woodshops to start knocking together scale model guillotines and start to put them in appropriate places.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. K&R......

[LibDemAlways]

4. And the media has done an excellent job of

convincing Americans that those benefits of living in a civilized society - benefits taken for granted throughout the world - are a bad thing.

[LWolf]

5. Nope. Not proud. nt

[glowing]

7. I agree! Nothing to be proud about with these statistics.

Add to that we have a really bad infant/ mortality rate. And no help for the babies once born; but total love when inside a woman's uterus.. Total control of a woman to keep them unable to enjoy motherhood/ parenting and unable to afford care to keep from getting pregnant or using family planning techniques. This country has got to change. We've got to do something massive that allows our collective People Power create a better country for now and for our future.

[LWolf]

11. We'll have to throw the corporatists out to really tap into people power. nt

[glowing]

6. Disgusting.. We are truly a 3rd world country.

No wonder when the populace starts asking for simple things, the a$$holes at the top start screaming "socialist" and "class war"... They do know how badly they are screwing most Americans so they can rule the roost and keep us jumping thru loops trying to survive day to day, week to week, and year to year. Time for a revolution for real!!!!!

[TBF]

8. Those damned commies -

who would want 4 weeks paid leave or 52 weeks paid maternity leave? It's treason!

:crazy:

[marions ghost]

9. Paid maternity leave...

EVERYWHERE in the world but the US of Murka, Papua New Guinea & Sierra Leone.

The problem is--people in this country are too stupid to realize it.

[indepat]

10. Looks like the government of the people, by the people, and for the people is taking care

of its corporate patrons rather than we the people: now how quaint and fascist it that? :patriot: