US not even in top 20 for the young

The U.S. ranks 23 on a list of 183 countries based on 18 indicators that measure progress for youth ages 15 to 29. All of the top nine countries are in Europe, with Japan rounding out the top 10. Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com...=cpy

Well, looks like those "lazy, complaining, and free loading" Millennials may actually have a point when the complain there are no opportunities (jobs) out there. The US came in between #22 Spain and #24 Chile. Being #23 doesn't seem to be a good thing, like our #37 in health care out comes, behind countries Like Columbia.

But I digress, does Trump have a valid point to his tariffs to encourage manufacturing jobs to locate and stay in the US? I have heard very little from Hillary regarding this, wonder why?

With our leaders refusing to deal with issues like high college costs, high health care costs, and too large to fail (anti-trust), I say good luck to the next president. I see permanent temp jobs, multiple part time jobs with low/min wage pay. I worked multiple part time jobs back in the 1990's but there seems to be a bad change. There are very few "good" jobs out there. We don't want a country of poor renters that serve the oligarchy for life.

www.mcclatchydc.com... 7.html

www.nejm.org...

I do agree that the later generations have it worse than the older generations for instance the housing bubbles in both US and Sweden. But I think this statistics is crap and do not give a fair objective view. As a Swede I think Sweden is placed to high compared to Norway for instance. People go to Norway for the job market when they are unemployed in Sweden to get the higher salaries. Also Finland should be above Sweden.

Page 118 in the report.

Germany 1 0.894 28 0.817 8 0.981 2 0.899 37 0.692 1 1.000 Very High 0.871
Denmark 2 0.865 18 0.831 4 0.989 4 0.885 54 0.635 22 0.833 Very High 0.805
Australia 3 0.838 69 0.743 32 0.933 12 0.803 3 0.957 29 0.814 Very High 0.821
Switzerland 4 0.837 24 0.821 16 0.969 8 0.814 63 0.606 17 0.836 Very High 0.841
United Kingdom 4 0.837 39 0.790 24 0.956 31 0.728 23 0.765 4 0.949 Very High 0.806
Netherlands 6 0.836 3 0.870 1 0.994 1 0.910 35 0.704 123 0.480 Very High 0.868
Austria 7 0.826 84 0.722 26 0.954 6 0.848 36 0.700 22 0.833 Very High 0.761
Luxembourg 8 0.825 51 0.766 21 0.964 13 0.801 42 0.680 25 0.828 Very High 0.798
Portugal 9 0.816 29 0.816 22 0.959 17 0.781 87 0.517 22 0.833 Very High 0.794
Japan 10 0.815 35 0.801 7 0.982 3 0.889 163 0.236 27 0.825 Very High 0.811
New Zealand 11 0.813 83 0.724 19 0.968 27 0.743 7 0.918 49 0.746 Very High 0.800
Slovenia 12 0.811 62 0.751 11 0.977 7 0.839 15 0.822 93 0.582 Very High 0.793
Sweden 13 0.810 55 0.763 20 0.966 18 0.779 52 0.639 34 0.794 Very High 0.780
Canada 14 0.809 57 0.761 16 0.969 10 0.806 3 0.957 114 0.525 Very High 0.803
Ireland 15 0.806 75 0.732 32 0.933 16 0.782 15 0.822 47 0.748 Very High 0.767
Norway 16 0.804 93 0.708 10 0.978 21 0.764 25 0.755 38 0.771 Very High 0.779
Belgium 17 0.802 49 0.771 14 0.972

a reply to: LittleByLittle

You could be right.

But obama says that the economy is great and unemployment is way down..
Is he lying or just wrong?

Trump "might"try to fix this problem. Hillary has no clue how.

a reply to: seasonal

I'm not surprised at all.

The US is also not doing well in infant mortality rates, we rank at 58th globally according to the CIA World Fact Book - After Croatia (#57) and before Serbia (5.87 deaths per 1,000 births). Fascinating and somewhat scary at the same time.

en.wikipedia.org...

originally posted by: FamCore
a reply to: seasonal

I'm not surprised at all.

The US is also not doing well in infant mortality rates, we rank at 58th globally according to the CIA World Fact Book - After Croatia (#57) and before Serbia (5.87 deaths per 1,000 births). Fascinating and somewhat scary at the same time.

en.wikipedia.org...

Thanks to all the drugs.

a reply to: Alexander the Great

Thank goodness there are no drugs in any other country than the US.



(Sarcasm)

The U.S. doesn`t seem to be #1 in anything anymore, I wonder if this how the start of the fall of the roman empire began?
People just don`t want to admit that the U.S. isn`t number 1 anymore even when the proof is right there in black and white.

a reply to: Tardacus

We are number one in health care costs.

a reply to: FamCore

How are those infant mortality stats collected? Some countries do not record a live birth until the child has survived its first year while some like the US record a live birth if there is even one breath outside the womb. Obviously, such differences in how different countries choose to decide what a live birth is will give different results.

a reply to: ketsuko
The following is a list of OECD countries by under-five mortality rate per 1000 live births as published by the WHO in 2015.[3]

1 Turkey 13.5
2 Mexico 13.2
3 Chile 8.1
4 Slovakia 7.3
5 United States 6.5
6 Hungary 5.9
7 New Zealand 5.7
8 Poland 5.2
9 Canada 4.9

en.wikipedia.org...

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: Tardacus

We are number one in health care costs.

You are number 1 in developed nations for gun deaths ...

a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed

You are number 1 in developed nations for gun deaths ..

Ukraine?

a reply to: seasonal


What about it ?

originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: Tardacus

We are number one in health care costs.

You are number 1 in developed nations for gun deaths ...

Albania, Brazil, Philippines, Thailand should I go on?

a reply to: TheLotLizard

Yet when compared to high income countries the stats look different...

originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: TheLotLizard

Yet when compared to high income countries the stats look different...

Because in most high income countries you have to jump through hoops to get a firearm. That's like comparing shark attack victims from coastal communities to those that are inland.

Now if you were to give every citizen a handgun in those countries what do you think the outcome would be?

Dont feel bad....your number one in prison population per 100,000!


Great for the land of the free.....

originally posted by: crazyewok
Dont feel bad....your number one in prison population per 100,000!


Great for the land of the free.....

Ah but you fail to say that 80% of the crimes are victimless and 75% of those in the corrections system are just on probation.

a reply to: Tardacus

The US is still number 1 in military spending and incarceration. (Both per capita and overall inmates)