[lbo-talk] Stats on how the US rates badly

Steve Palmer spalmer999 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 31 08:48:33 PDT 2010


Often neglected is the state of the US infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has a report card at:

http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

The place is falling apart. People get a little more excited when they realize that 25% of US bridges are on the verge of falling down.

--- On Tue, 8/31/10, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


> From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Stats on how the US rates badly
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 8:32 AM
>
> A college-teacher friend starts class tomorrow and would
> like some brisk current stats on how badly the US does in
> the comparative rankings in education, health, etc. (and
> also, if handy, how it has fallen over last few decades
> since the golden years).  Does anyone have something
> nice handy?  Or any suggestions for the best places to
> round them up?  Many thanks.
>
> Michael
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