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SPECIAL REPORT ON US EDUCTION OF CHILDREN
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT US FAILING ITS YOUNG ON MANY LEVELS
Published in Boston Herald, September 08, 2009
PARIS – America has some of the industrial world’s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates.
Infant mortality in the United States is the fourth worst in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development after Mexico, Turkey and Slovakia.
American 15-year-olds rank seventh from the bottom on average educational achievement. Child poverty rates in the United States are nearly double the average, at 216 percent compared to 12.4 percent.
The rate of teen births in the United States is three times the average, with only Mexico recording a higher rate.
The report “Doing Better for Children” was released yesterday.
The United States spends an average of $140,000 per child, much more than the OECD average of $125,000. But this spending is skewed heavily toward older children between 12 and 17, the OECD survey showed, United States’ spending on children under 6, a period the OECD says is key to children future well-being, lags far behind other countries, amounting to only $20,000 per child, compared to the OFCD average of $30,000.
The OECD urged the United States to shift of its public spending to its youngest children.
Given the fact that our national debt is now 14.3 + Trillion, and our unfunded liabilties are 107 Trillion, and not counting FaneMae and Freddie Mac red ink of 121.3 Trillion some of us may want to read the following books / and or visit the following websites.
Books that will assist us understand where our government stands as of 2010 ...
Glenn Beck / Pick his books or visit his website www.glenbeck.com
Patriots History of the US
New Deal Raw Deal
R. J. Pestritto / How Progressivenss is Destroying our Constitution
Woodrow Wilson / The Roots of American Progressivness
The Comming Insurrection / Difficult to get book, Amazon may have it.
The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood
How to Return to Prosperity by Art Laffer
Courting Disaster by Marc Thiessen
Come Back America by David Walker
The Politically Incorrect Way to the Constitution
Crisis and Command By John Yoo
America’s Prophet by Bruce Feiler
The Unthinkable by Joshua Cooperramo
History of the End of the World by Jonathan Kirsch
The Fair Tax by Hogan
Lies that Government Told You by Judge Napolitano
5,000-Year Leap
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Nick of Time by Ted Bell
Conservative causes / opinions websites:
www.biggovernment.com / A first visit will convince you!
www.tparty.org / Does not need endorsements!
www.thesurvivorsclub.org / What we need to know should we have an emergency!
www.hystory.com / A shopping treasure!
www.intuit.com / A first visit will convince you!
www.thesurvivorsclub.org / Visit to take the survivors IQ test!
www.myscroll.com / Try it for your computer needs and general knowledge.
www.wallbuilders.com / David Barton, Founder
www.resistingthegreendragon.com / Calvin Baisner, Cornwall Alliance, Founder
NOTICE: To list your book or website here, simply e-mail admin@realestateboston.net ... Your book or website must be of significant benefit to the public. Ideally books that educate on constitutional government and the education of our children.
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