Thanks for reading and commenting. I tried to focus on just reporting facts, so that we wouldn't have to get into opinions. Opinions can honestly differ, between people of goodwill. I believe the 9 points above are all factual, so shouldn't be a topic where opinions matter.

Of course I had previously reported 14 Startling Sad Facts about the US, which are also all facts and therefore not subject to being criticized as opinions.

Popularized by famous American author - there are three kinds of lies. Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

I provided 14 negative stats and 9 positive stats on the US. Choose from the two lists as you see best.

STEEM On!!
DaveB