Comments by "Brozius" (@brozius) on "Pelosi Attacker Debunks Conspiracy Theory, Simply a Right Wing Terrorist" video.
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@georgeburns8447 Healthcare
While every country does healthcare a little differently, the fact remains that the US is the only wealthy country in the world without universal healthcare coverage.
The US spends about three times as much per capita on healthcare expenditures than other countries with comparable incomes, yet Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in those countries, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The US also leads wealthy countries in preventable deaths. In 2013, 112 out of every 100,000 Americans under 75 died from complications or conditions that could have been avoided with better healthcare, The Times reported.
Social progress
The not-for-profit Social Progress Imperative ranked social progress in 128 countries in 2017 based on three criteria: basic human needs like food, water, and shelter; foundations of well-being such as access to information and environmental quality; and opportunity, including personal rights and freedoms and access to education.
The US came in 18th on the list, while Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland took the first five spots.
Free higher education
The price of college tuition is becoming harder and harder for Americans to afford. Collectively, Americans hold more than $1.3 trillion in student-loan debt.
The daunting prospect of affording college is inspiring some Americans to study in countries with free higher education.
Countries such as Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, and Slovenia all offer free or virtually free college education.
High-speed transportation
High-speed rail is critical to improving a country's economy, boosting productivity, and increasing mobility.
While plans for high-speed transit have been in the works in the US for decades, such a system of transportation is still several years away.
The fastest train in the US, Amtrak's Acela Express, tops out at 180 mph, but its average speed is only 68 miles per hour.
Meanwhile, Japan, France, China, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Italy all have trains that regularly push 150 mph.
Internet speed
The US may have "invented the internet," but it lags behind several other countries when it comes to internet speed today.
According to Akamai, an American content-delivery system, the US had just the 10th-highest average internet speed in the world in 2017.
The fastest internet speeds can be found in Western Europe and Asia Pacific: South Korea ranks highest, followed by Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Finland, Singapore, Japan, and Denmark.
Minimum wage
Although some states have set higher benchmarks than federal law requires, minimum wage in the US is $7.25 an hour. That amounts to just over $6 of take-home pay after taxes.
There are six countries where workers take home more than $8 an hour, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Australia tops the list with $9.54 an hour, followed by Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.
Vacation time
The US doesn't offer a federal standard for paid vacation days; instead, it allows employers to decide for themselves.
Most American companies offer about 10 days of paid leave a year, although many workers feel pressured not to use them all.
Kuwait tops the list with 30 paid vacation days a year, followed by the UK with 28, and Austria, the Comoros, Denmark, Djibouti, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Sao Tome and Principe, and Sweden offer 25 days apiece.
The US is one of only six countries in the world with no such standard.
Parental leave
The US is also one of the only countries in the world, and the only developed country, that doesn't offer paid leave for new parents, according to Pew Research.
Among developed countries, Estonia leads the way with 87 weeks of paid leave for new parents — that's more than a year and a half. Japan and several European countries — Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Norway, and Slovakia — each offer more than a year off as well.
Gun violence
When it comes to gun violence, the US is more similar to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean than countries than wealthier countries in Europe and Asia.
The US ranks 31st in the world in gun deaths per 100,000 people, with a rate of 3.85. Singapore and Japan boast the lowest rates, while the UK, Denmark, and Germany are close behind.
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