In my opinion, there are three main problems driving our
current political gridlock. All are based on poor thinking skills.
Americans should be willing to learn from other societies
and other groups. For example, too many of us arrogantly assume Europe has
nothing good to teach us. They assume
higher taxes for the rich and safety nets for the poor hinder economic
progress. But in fact, the European
Union with a total of 500 million people has the world’s largest economy and the
most Fortune 500 companies. They produce an economy almost as large as the
United States and China combined.
When you look at the data, several European nations consistently
do better than us in most socio-economic categories, including less infant mortality,
less chronic disease, less poverty, less violent crime, less drug addiction and
less suicide. They live longer and spend far less on healthcare.
