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In reply to the discussion: Heartbreaking Lyft ride this evening. [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)21. Within the scope of the OP, Germany doesn't shine either.
http://www.dw.com/en/poverty-among-the-elderly-in-germany-skyrockets/a-19542060
This is a common issue even in developed nations.
I otherwise agree with your post, and could add some topics to the list in which America pretty much screws itself over as hard as it can. We lead the world in obesity for instance, which is a health epidemic.
Lots of things wrong here, and you won't see me putting my head in the sand about it.
This is a common issue even in developed nations.
I otherwise agree with your post, and could add some topics to the list in which America pretty much screws itself over as hard as it can. We lead the world in obesity for instance, which is a health epidemic.
Lots of things wrong here, and you won't see me putting my head in the sand about it.
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Then there's this possibility: maybe this entire humiliation will bring us down to earth and stop us
mahina
Oct 2017
#2
There are people displaced by natural disasters, and poverty, the world over.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2017
#17
I can name a few that would certainly be a hell of a lot better then living here..
pangaia
Oct 2017
#11
My original objection that you replied to was specific to the criteria of elderly/poverty.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2017
#22
Not the US...Republicans. They and their shitty courts have pretty much shredded the safety net.
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#34
After being an experimental animal under this nation exposed me to radiation
Stargazer99
Oct 2017
#31
I don't like this country anymore either. Certainly NOT proud to be an American.
SammyWinstonJack
Oct 2017
#33