Dinesh D'Souza’s list of the 10 great things about America. Prof. at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. 5-- People live longer, fuller lives in America. Although protesters rail against the American version of technological capitalism at trade meetings around the world, in reality the American system has given citizens many more years of life, and the means to live more intensely and actively. In 1900, the life expectancy in America was around 50 years; today, it is more than 75 years. Advances in medicine and agriculture are mainly responsible for the change. This extension of the life span means more years to enjoy life, more free time to devote to a good cause, and more occasions to do things with the grandchildren. In many countries, people who are old seem to have nothing to do: they just wait to die. In America the old are incredibly vigorous, and people in their seventies pursue the pleasures of life, including remarriage and sexual gratification, with a zeal that I find unnerving. ** If Moen had his way all 80 year olds would report to the glue factory at this time of life. (see old posts on cost of medication)
This comment might be slightly outdated, Old Dan. Going from memory, I believe the US is pretty far down the list for life expectancy. I'm not sure about the free time either.
You may be right Cloudy, as it seem to me that the older generation is having to take care of the grandchilden that are being brought into this world by a generation of kids who have had everything handed to them, and now find that that they are haveing a hard time making ends meet, at the level in which they have become accustomed. My heart bleeds for them.
