(March 11, 2017 at 10:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(March 11, 2017 at 8:43 pm)Orochi Wrote: Yes I spent 4 years in Germany
Then 4 in Australia might have stayed
Then 3 In North Carolina
This is just based on systems I have used (for all I know Mongolia's might be the best in the world)
Germany - fastest, least complicated, Best doctors in terms of knowledge and being helpful
Australia - Nicer Hospital then at home . Just below Germany in the above
America - If I don't have something nice to say
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Fare enough. I only have direct experience with the US and depend on other people's stories. My sister has little good to say about Canada healthcare, but that another discussion about access and efficiency if you have non resident status. (4 years in Calgary while her husband worked for Shell).
The bold: That is at the heart of the matter. The constant negatives about the US get old, at least for me. Yeah, the US may not be the best at all things, it has flaws, not perfect. That being said, I think (hope) you'd admit, in part, that the US must get a lot of things right also.
And here is what rubs me wrong, this forum seems to have more than it's fair share of US haters (maybe hater is to strong, but it's close). So now the question I would pose is why? Does the forum population give equal time to Canada is shit because....., Austria is shit because......, Britain is shit because......
Or is this more a case of sour grapes? Is it more personally fulfilling for people (you, abaris, Mr Abba, Min, to name a few) to run things down than to prop things up. Personally, I can't be that person. Well I can, but I don't like it and would prefer not to. What do you (the collective) prefer and do your posts support your preference?
What the fuck are we supposed to "prop up?" We have a president who is a total batshit crazy scumbag. An EPA director who think the environment is something to trash for profit. An Education Secretary who hates public education. A vice president who can't wait for fucking jesus to come back killing everyone. An Interior Secretary who wants to clear cut the national forests. And a HUD Secretary who thinks slaves were "immigrants," among others. One can hardly wait for his supreme court nominees to start issuing rulings to drag this country back to the 1750's.
Feel free to delude yourself that everything is fucking wonderful if you like. Right now I see us on our way to third-world nation status and cheering it on does no good at all.
