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- From: irvine@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent Irvine)
- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
- References: <1993Jan23.000840.20867@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <C1BpGz.L20@news.iastate.edu> <1993Jan24.023633.23524@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:19:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.023633.23524@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
- >In article <C1BpGz.L20@news.iastate.edu> mjkugel@iastate.edu (Michael J Kugel) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan23.000840.20867@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
- >>>In article <1993Jan22.220321.8579@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>One reason, IMHO, why Americans have the "USA #1" attitude is
- >>>>the relative amount of immigration to American vs. other
- >>>>countries. Most Americans are decendents of people who came
- >>>>here in the last 100 or 150 years. Most Americans know,
- >>>>work with, and have friends that were born in other countries
- >>>>and immigrated to America.
-
- I wouldn't think so at all! IMNSHO, it would be the sheer power of the
- US in economy and military. Despite the recent "catch-up" played by
- other nations, the US is still *the* economic giant, with an
- INCREDIBLY person-oriented service economy, with services and goods
- available that tend to boggle the mind of nearly any arrival to the US
- [including the 'developed' nations]. The examples of how with luck
- and drive, a single person can become stinking rich, and with less
- luck *very* comfortable, the ultra-accesability to higher education,
- the cheap land and buildings, consumer goods, food, and relatively
- low tax rate.
-
- THAT, when compared with what a resident here sees of other nations,
- makes the US as Number 1 very real.
-
- While most people know recent immigrants, I doubt it has much impact
- upon the self-image of the US.
-
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