I love how we went from a debate about our horrible healthcare system to a debate about our horrible public education system. Why can't we just do what Switzerland does? They rank second in the world for education AND healthcare.
Greatest country in the world my ass.
DShiznit wrote:
I love how we went from a debate about our horrible healthcare system to a debate about our horrible public education system.
We're arguing about symptoms of the same disease.
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Why can't we just do what Switzerland does? They rank second in the world for education AND healthcare.
New Zealand plx. And not just because of the hobbits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_New_Zealand
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The Programme for International Student Assessment ranks New Zealand's education as the 7th best in the world.[1] The Education Index, published with the UN's Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2006, lists New Zealand as 0.993, amongst the highest in the world, tied for first with Denmark, Finland and Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_New_Zealand
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It has only small manufacturing and high-tech sectors, being strongly focused on tourism and primary industries like agriculture (though both sectors are highly profitable). Economic free-market reforms of the last decades have removed many barriers to foreign investment, and the World Bank in 2005 praised New Zealand as being the most business-friendly country in the world, before Singapore.
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New Zealand is the lowest ranked (i.e. least corrupt) country on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of 2009.
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New Zealand is the lowest ranked (i.e. least corrupt) country on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of 2009.
merthsoft wrote:
elfprince13 wrote:
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New Zealand is the lowest ranked (i.e. least corrupt) country on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
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