Here's a test of how well the US education system is doing (for those of you who live here). Open up the yellow pages in just about any major city in the country and go through the listing for physicians. You will find, depending on the city anywhere from 1/3 - 2/3 of the listed names which you cannot properly pronounce. Graduates of medical schools from countries with social education systems come to the US to practice medicine where the eastablished rates for routine procedures are obscenely higher than in their home countries.
We're seeing similar results in the engineering fields and if we continue to deny quality education to home grown students it won't be long before you can't properly pronounce the names of any of the providers. I guess it's okay though, somebody's got to keep their Benzes and Beemers running.
I hear far too many people complaining about paying taxes who made less money last year than I actually paid in taxes like somebody's taking something away from them without providing any quality of life value for it. These people should travel more and see how much they've taken for granted all these years. The biggest reason for the great political divide in the US is most Americans' ignorance of the World around them or in many cases outside a 50 mile radius of where they live their entire lives.
