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**beloveds** · 08-25-2008, 10:35 PM

^ That would result in an immediate increase in U.S. life expectancy --now at a shameful 47th in the world, despite having the world's best doctors and hospitals.

Lower life expectancy is probably more attributable to the average American diet and sedentary lifestyle (obesity) than the care they receive towards the end.

The biggest problem we face is within ourselves. How can we hope to clean up our government (or for any President or Congress to "fix" things) until we've looked in the mirror, acknowledged our problems, made personal choices to address them and demanded that our elected officials do the same. A large percentage of the country is uninformed, uncaring, distracted or simply asleep at the wheel. And then there is a sizable segment that is ready, willing and very able to take advantage of this circumstance for pecuniary gain.

08-25-2008, 10:35 PM	#16
beloveds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	^ That would result in an immediate increase in U.S. life expectancy --now at a shameful 47th in the world, despite having the world's best doctors and hospitals. Lower life expectancy is probably more attributable to the average American diet and sedentary lifestyle (obesity) than the care they receive towards the end. The biggest problem we face is within ourselves. How can we hope to clean up our government (or for any President or Congress to "fix" things) until we've looked in the mirror, acknowledged our problems, made personal choices to address them and demanded that our elected officials do the same. A large percentage of the country is uninformed, uncaring, distracted or simply asleep at the wheel. And then there is a sizable segment that is ready, willing and very able to take advantage of this circumstance for pecuniary gain.
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