American Exceptionalism |

American Exceptionalism | Truthout:

the highest poverty rate, both generally and for children;
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the greatest inequality of incomes;
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the lowest government spending as a percentage of GDP on social programs for the disadvantaged;
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the lowest number of paid holiday, annual and maternity leaves;
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the lowest score on the United Nations' index of "material well-being of children";
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the worst score on the United Nations' gender inequality index;
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the lowest social mobility;
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the highest public and private expenditure on health care as a portion of GDP;
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the highest infant mortality rate; prevalence of mental health problems; obesity rate; portion of people going without health care due to cost; low-birth-weight children per capita (except for Japan); consumption of antidepressants per capita;
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the shortest life expectancy at birth (except for Denmark and Portugal);