So Republicans made America the "Greatest Country on Earth"?

[TheBigotBasher]

2008 Economic positions

Iceland 0.968 (▬ )
Norway 0.968 (▬ )
Canada 0.967 (▲ 1)
Australia 0.965 (▼ 1)
Ireland 0.960 (▬ )
Netherlands 0.958 (▲ 3)
Sweden 0.958 (▼ 1)
Japan 0.956 (▬ )
Luxembourg 0.956 (▲ 9)
Switzerland 0.955 (▼ 3)
France 0.955 (▼ 1)
Finland 0.954 (▼ 1)
Denmark 0.952 (▲ 1)
Austria 0.951 (▲ 1)
United States 0.950 (▼ 3)
Spain 0.949 (▼ 3)
Belgium 0.948 (▼ 1)
Greece 0.947 (▲ 6)
Italy 0.945 (▲ 1)
New Zealand 0.944 (▼ 1)
United Kingdom 0.942 (▼ 4)
Hong Kong 0.942 (▼ 1)

The formula defining the HDI is promulgated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<4> In general, to transform a raw variable, say x, into a unit-free index between 0 and 1 (which allows different indices to be added together), the following formula is used:

x-index =
where and are the lowest and highest values the variable x can attain, respectively.

The Human Development Index (HDI) then represents the uniformly weighted sum with ⅓ contributed by each of the following factor indices:

Life Expectancy Index =
Education Index =
Adult Literacy Index (ALI) =
Gross Enrollment Index (GEI) =
GDP =

Not the easiest to understand, but when you compare life expectancy, median incomes, gdp, adult literacy and education levels the US as a result of Republicans is an also ran.

It is far from being the greatest Country in the World, but it is a Country that has the resources to make it great. The position of the UK - another home of the Neo-Con pro banking policies of the last 30 years, a continual downward spiral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

[elehhhhna]

1. Greatest on earth for whom? THAT's the question.

If they mean predatory corporations, they're right.

[jstadctgy]

2. Best healthcare on Earth my ass!

These people are so ignorant or just lying - as Reid finally showed a bit of spine said the facts are the facts and we are over 30th by so many standards

[Art_from_Ark]

3. 2008 economic positions?

I guess that was before the Iceland currency crisis.

[Touchdown]

4. They spelled it wrong again. Republicans are the graters of Earth

There! Fixed it.

[O is 44]

5. Their anti-intellectualism stance is the

reason we are also behind in Math and Science, but they are the first to yell we're number 1.