A Country in Steep Decline

Twenty-five years of authoritarian right wing “free lunch” policies have taken their toll. The US is now the world's most powerful Third World Country.

USA infant mortality is #36 just ahead of Croatia

Life expectancy # 37

Literacy, #62

Aids/HIV infection 65th highest out of 166 countries (1)

On the Gini index of inequality the USA is # 92, just above Guinea Bissau (2)

Prison Population - per 100,000

USA - 686

Canada 102

Venezuela 68

Denmark 59
Norway 59

Sweden 68

France 85

Holland 93 (3)

Over 40 percent of US inmates are jailed on nonviolent drug related crimes. (4)

Homicide Rate, per 100,000, (year 2000)

USA 6.1

Sweden 1.97

France 1.79

Canada 1.76

Holland 1.42

Japan 1.10

Norway, 1.09

Denmark 1.09

Austria 0.96

Persons killed on the job

USA = 14,000 (5)

Canada – 900 (6)

France 780 (7)

1. http://www.geographyiq.com/index.htm

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality

3. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds

4.http://www.michaelparenti.org/HiddenHolocaust.html

5. ibid

6.http://www.iapa.on.ca/about_iapa/2006_apr19_press.asp

7. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/jul2000/ital-j18.shtml