The United States

Today in class we took the time researching the U.S to see if it really is the best country in the world. I found some interesting facts about America on the CIA fact book site. America is 143rd out of 233 in population growth. There are lots more countries having more kids than us. I thought it was interesting that we are number 2 in debt. We are also ranked 18 in obesity and 42 in life expectancy which isn't as bad. The U.S is a large emitter of Carbon Dioxide from burning fossil fuels. We are also the largest consumer of illicit drugs. We have air pollution resulting in acid rain and water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers. We have no official national language because we have people from all over speaking many languages. The U.S has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world. We aren't a terrible country but we aren't the best either.