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55 Things You Never Knew About America (a Must Read) by Austindumas1(m): 1:08am On Oct 25, 2014
Is America the greatest nation on the planet?
Before you answer that question, you might want to
check out the statistics that I have shared in this
article first. The reality is that the United States is
in a deep state of decline, and it is getting harder to
deny that fact with each passing day. Mentally,
emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially they
are a train wreck. Many that are “patriotic” attempt
to put a happy face on their growing problems, but
the truly patriotic thing to do is to admit just how
bad things have gotten so that they can start finding
solutions.
If you truly love this country, then you should know
that this nation needs a huge wake up call. they
have abandoned the values and the principles that
early Americans held so dear, and as a result the
society is a giant mess. The following are 55 things
about America that you may not know…
#1 they are supposed to have a government “of the
people, by the people, for the people”, but only 25
percent of all Americans know how long U.S.
Senators are elected for (6 years), and only 20
percent of all Americans know how many U.S.
senators there are.
#2 Americans spend more on health care per capita
than anyone else in the world by far, and yet they
only rank 35th in life expectancy.
#3 Only one state in the entire country has an
obesity rate of under 20 percent. 11 states have an
obesity rate of over 30 percent.
#4 Of all the major industrialized nations, America is
the most obese. Mexico is #2.
#5 Back in 1962, only 13 percent of all Americans
were obese, but it is being projected that 42 percent
of all Americans could be obese by the year 2030.
#6 According to a new report from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 31 percent of all food in
the United States gets wasted. In case you were
wondering, that amounts to approximately 133
billion pounds of food a year.
#7 America has the highest incarceration rate and
the largest total prison population in the entire world
by a wide margin.
#8 In America, they even put 81-year-old women in
prison for feeding the birds.
#9 According to a Newsweek survey taken a few
years ago, 29 percent of all Americans could not
even name the vice president.
#10 Americans spend more time sitting in traffic
than anyone else in the world.
#11 60 percent of Americans report feeling “angry
or irritable”. Two years ago that number was at 50
percent.
#12 36 percent of Americans admit that they have
yelled at a customer service agent during the past
year.
#13 Only 30 percent of all Americans can tell you in
what year the 9/11 attacks happened.
#14 There are more “deaths by reptile” in America
than anywhere else in the world.
#15 Right now, 29 percent of all Americans under
the age of 35 are living with their parents.
#16 Average SAT scores have been falling for
years, and the level of education that o kids are
receiving in most of public schools is a total
joke.
#17 According to a study conducted by the Mayo
Clinic, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are on at
least one prescription drug. An astounding 20
percent of all Americans are on at least five
prescription drugs.
#18 Americans spend more than 280 billion dollars
on prescription drugs each year.
#19 According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, doctors in the United States write
more than 250 million prescriptions for
antidepressants each year.
#20 Children in the United States are three times
more likely to be prescribed antidepressants than
children in Europe are.
#21 In the United States today, prescription
painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and
cocaine combined.
#22 America has the highest rate of illegal drug use
on the entire planet.
#23 According to the federal government, the
number of heroin addicts in the United States has
more than doubled since 2002.
#24 It is hard to believe, but 56 percent of all
Americans now have “subprime credit”.
#25 America exports more weapons to other
countries than anyone else in the world.
#26 The United States has the most complicated
tax system on the entire planet.
#27 Corruption is rampant throughout our society.
In fact, America leads the world in money given to
fake charities.
#28 America leads the world in soft drink
consumption by a wide margin . Today, the average
American drinks more than 600 sodas a year.
#29 In 2008, 53 percent of all Americans considered
themselves to be “middle class”. In 2014, only 44
percent of all Americans consider themselves to be
“middle class”.
#30 70 percent of Americans do not “feel engaged
or inspired at their jobs”.
#31 40 percent of all workers in the United States
actually make less than what a full-time minimum
wage worker made back in 1968 after you account
for inflation.
#32 Back in the 1970s, about one out of every 50
Americans was on food stamps. Today, about one
out of every 6 Americans is on food stamps.
#33 The marriage rate in the United States has
fallen to an all-time low. Right now it is sitting at a
yearly rate of 6.8 marriages per 1000 people.
#34 In the United States today, more than half of all
couples “move in together” before they get married.
#35 America has the highest divorce rate in the
world by a good margin.
#36 America has the highest percentage of one
person households on the entire planet.
#37 100 years ago, 4.52 were living in the average
U.S. household, but now the average U.S.
household only consists of 2.59 people.
#38 According to the Pew Research Center, only 51
percent of all American adults are currently
married. Back in 1960, 72 percent of all adults in
the United States were married.
#39 For women under the age of 30 in the United
States, more than half of all babies are being born
out of wedlock.
#40 At this point, approximately one out of every
three children in the United States lives in a home
without a father.
#41 In 1970, the average woman had her first child
when she was 21.4 years old. Now the average
woman has her first child when she is 25.6 years
old .
#42 America has the highest teen pregnancy rate in
the world by a very wide margin.
#43 Approximately one out of every four teen girls
in the United States has at least one sexually
transmitted disease.
#44 America has the highest STD infection rate in
the entire industrialized world .
#45 According to the latest figures released by the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are 20
million new sexually-transmitted infections in the
United States every single year, and Americans in
the 15 to 24-year-old age range account for
approximately 50 percent of those new sexually-
transmitted infections.
#46 there are 747,408
registered sex offenders in the U.S. according to
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
#47 America produces more pornography than any
other nation in the world.
#48 America has the most lawyers per capita in the
entire world.
#49 If you choose to be a “Constitutionalist” in
America today, you may get labeled as a potential
terrorist by the U.S. government.
#50 America has the largest national debt in the
history of the world. Back in 1980, the U.S. national
debt was less than one trillion dollars . Today, it is
over 17 trillion dollars.
#51 According to the Congressional Budget Office,
interest payments on the national debt will nearly
quadruple over the next ten years.
#52 Americans spend more money on elections
than anyone else does in the world by a very wide
margin.
#53 65 percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with
the U.S. system of government and its
effectiveness”. That is the highest level of
dissatisfaction that Gallup has ever recorded.
#54 Only 8 percent of Americans believe that
Congress is doing a “good” or “excellent” job.
#55 70 percent of Americans do not have
confidence that the federal government will “make
progress on the important problems and issues
facing the country in 2014.”
Re: 55 Things You Never Knew About America (a Must Read) by Raypawer(m): 2:05am On Oct 25, 2014
ok, make day break i go comment
Re: 55 Things You Never Knew About America (a Must Read) by sexzskil(f): 2:20am On Oct 25, 2014
America The Great!
Re: 55 Things You Never Knew About America (a Must Read) by Nobody: 3:42am On Oct 25, 2014
Nd only 2% out of all the nlders dah comes across this wld actually read d complete write-up.
Re: 55 Things You Never Knew About America (a Must Read) by Nobody: 6:13am On Oct 25, 2014
Austindumas1:
Is America the greatest nation on the planet?
Before you answer that question, you might want to
check out the statistics that I have shared in this
article first. The reality is that the United States is
in a deep state of decline, and it is getting harder to
deny that fact with each passing day. Mentally,
emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially they
are a train wreck. Many that are “patriotic” attempt
to put a happy face on their growing problems, but
the truly patriotic thing to do is to admit just how
bad things have gotten so that they can start finding
solutions.
If you truly love this country, then you should know
that this nation needs a huge wake up call. they
have abandoned the values and the principles that
early Americans held so dear, and as a result the
society is a giant mess. The following are 55 things
about America that you may not know…
#1 they are supposed to have a government “of the
people, by the people, for the people”, but only 25
percent of all Americans know how long U.S.
Senators are elected for (6 years), and only 20
percent of all Americans know how many U.S.
senators there are.
#2 Americans spend more on health care per capita
than anyone else in the world by far, and yet they
only rank 35th in life expectancy.
#3 Only one state in the entire country has an
obesity rate of under 20 percent. 11 states have an
obesity rate of over 30 percent.
#4 Of all the major industrialized nations, America is
the most obese. Mexico is #2.
#5 Back in 1962, only 13 percent of all Americans
were obese, but it is being projected that 42 percent
of all Americans could be obese by the year 2030.
#6 According to a new report from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 31 percent of all food in
the United States gets wasted. In case you were
wondering, that amounts to approximately 133
billion pounds of food a year.
#7 America has the highest incarceration rate and
the largest total prison population in the entire world
by a wide margin.
#8 In America, they even put 81-year-old women in
prison for feeding the birds.
#9 According to a Newsweek survey taken a few
years ago, 29 percent of all Americans could not
even name the vice president.
#10 Americans spend more time sitting in traffic
than anyone else in the world.
#11 60 percent of Americans report feeling “angry
or irritable”. Two years ago that number was at 50
percent.
#12 36 percent of Americans admit that they have
yelled at a customer service agent during the past
year.
#13 Only 30 percent of all Americans can tell you in
what year the 9/11 attacks happened.
#14 There are more “deaths by reptile” in America
than anywhere else in the world.
#15 Right now, 29 percent of all Americans under
the age of 35 are living with their parents.

#16 Average SAT scores have been falling for
years, and the level of education that o kids are
receiving in most of public schools is a total
joke.
#17 According to a study conducted by the Mayo
Clinic, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are on at
least one prescription drug. An astounding 20
percent of all Americans are on at least five
prescription drugs.
#18 Americans spend more than 280 billion dollars
on prescription drugs each year.
#19 According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, doctors in the United States write
more than 250 million prescriptions for
antidepressants each year.
#20 Children in the United States are three times
more likely to be prescribed antidepressants than
children in Europe are.
#21 In the United States today, prescription
painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and
cocaine combined.
#22 America has the highest rate of illegal drug use
on the entire planet.
#23 According to the federal government, the
number of heroin addicts in the United States has
more than doubled since 2002.
#24 It is hard to believe, but 56 percent of all
Americans now have “subprime credit”.
#25 America exports more weapons to other
countries than anyone else in the world.
#26 The United States has the most complicated
tax system on the entire planet.
#27 Corruption is rampant throughout our society.
In fact, America leads the world in money given to
fake charities.
#28 America leads the world in soft drink
consumption by a wide margin . Today, the average
American drinks more than 600 sodas a year.
#29 In 2008, 53 percent of all Americans considered
themselves to be “middle class”. In 2014, only 44
percent of all Americans consider themselves to be
“middle class”.
#30 70 percent of Americans do not “feel engaged
or inspired at their jobs”.
#31 40 percent of all workers in the United States
actually make less than what a full-time minimum
wage worker made back in 1968 after you account
for inflation.
#32 Back in the 1970s, about one out of every 50
Americans was on food stamps. Today, about one
out of every 6 Americans is on food stamps.
#33 The marriage rate in the United States has
fallen to an all-time low. Right now it is sitting at a
yearly rate of 6.8 marriages per 1000 people.
#34 In the United States today, more than half of all
couples “move in together” before they get married.
#35 America has the highest divorce rate in the
world by a good margin.
#36 America has the highest percentage of one
person households on the entire planet.
#37 100 years ago, 4.52 were living in the average
U.S. household, but now the average U.S.
household only consists of 2.59 people.
#38 According to the Pew Research Center, only 51
percent of all American adults are currently
married. Back in 1960, 72 percent of all adults in
the United States were married.
#39 For women under the age of 30 in the United
States, more than half of all babies are being born
out of wedlock.
#40 At this point, approximately one out of every
three children in the United States lives in a home
without a father.
#41 In 1970, the average woman had her first child
when she was 21.4 years old. Now the average
woman has her first child when she is 25.6 years
old .
#42 America has the highest teen pregnancy rate in
the world by a very wide margin.
#43 Approximately one out of every four teen girls
in the United States has at least one sexually
transmitted disease.
#44 America has the highest STD infection rate in
the entire industrialized world .
#45 According to the latest figures released by the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are 20
million new sexually-transmitted infections in the
United States every single year, and Americans in
the 15 to 24-year-old age range account for
approximately 50 percent of those new sexually-
transmitted infections.
#46 there are 747,408
registered sex offenders in the U.S. according to
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
#47 America produces more pornography than any
other nation in the world.
#48 America has the most lawyers per capita in the
entire world.
#49 If you choose to be a “Constitutionalist” in
America today, you may get labeled as a potential
terrorist by the U.S. government.
#50 America has the largest national debt in the
history of the world. Back in 1980, the U.S. national
debt was less than one trillion dollars . Today, it is
over 17 trillion dollars.
#51 According to the Congressional Budget Office,
interest payments on the national debt will nearly
quadruple over the next ten years.
#52 Americans spend more money on elections
than anyone else does in the world by a very wide
margin.
#53 65 percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with
the U.S. system of government and its
effectiveness”. That is the highest level of
dissatisfaction that Gallup has ever recorded.
#54 Only 8 percent of Americans believe that
Congress is doing a “good” or “excellent” job.
#55 70 percent of Americans do not have
confidence that the federal government will “make
progress on the important problems and issues
facing the country in 2014.”
29 % of 35 under can be age 1 to 15,but i can tell you that less 2% of people above 25 stays with their parent

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