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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 12:25 PM Jun 2012

Why does the U.S. rank as the 11th happiest country in the world?

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/30/why-does-the-u-s-rank-as-the-11th-happiest-country-in-the-world/


The United States once again failed to make the top 10 when it comes to the happiest countries in the world.

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The survey measured everything from housing, income, and jobs to education, the environment, civic engagement, health and work-life balance.

Denmark ranks as the happiest country on earth - followed by Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Israel, Finland, Australia, Canada and Sweden.

The website 24/7 Wall Street has crunched the numbers in this report to determine the strongest factors related to happiness.

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Why does the U.S. rank as the 11th happiest country in the world? (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Jun 2012 OP
Too depressed to answer this.... democrat_patriot Jun 2012 #1
I'm with you Demeter Jun 2012 #4
Many, if not most of those happier countries listed nightscanner59 Jun 2012 #2
Pot is not legal here! hrmjustin Jun 2012 #3

nightscanner59

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2. Many, if not most of those happier countries listed
Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 12:42 PM
Jun 2012

In the top ten happy scale have nationalized health care! Nearly all have far better working conditions with longer vacation times.
US Americans are embarrassingly en masse educated by the television set that drives home the message that "You can't be happy without all these products, the whitest smile and straightest teeth, slim and/or muscular, driving the latest behemoth-mobile and DRUNK on this brand of liquor"
As a rule of thumb that I've observed, the happiest U.S. citizens are those who killed their televisions long ago and got off the entertainment merry go round.

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