[quote=spdrun]I hope to be out of this excuse for a country for good by the time I have kids. Far healthier for children to grow up in a country that doesn’t have irrational fears rammed down its collective gullet by for-profit media scum that seize on every abnormal situation as if it were the norm.
Much prefer places where kids walking to school at 8, and traveling on their own at age 16 are the norm, rather than being considered child abuse. And where parents don’t feel pressured to stop living just because they pop a sprog or two.
And where my family’s health care will be covered by the collective, rather than putting us in danger of bankruptcy if it’s needed. Basically, with a good welfare state, one doesn’t have to worry as much about their kids starving if the worst happens, so they don’t need to wrap themselves in bubble-wrap as much.[/quote]
Where would you like to go? Honest question here, as I generally feel the way you do about the direction of the U.S., but have heard from friends and relatives abroad that these other countries are on the same general trajectory, even if they’re a bit behind us.
