Diabolik wrote:

>
> > > The US can be accused of a lot of things, but being socially backward
> > > is not one of them.
> >
> > Any industrialized country without a national health system is
> > socially backward.
>
> ...and free education.
>
> If you're born poor in the US, your chances are next to zero to getting an
> education and living a high quality life.

??? There is free public elementary and secondary education in the US. There
are all sorts of scholarships to help the needy to get post secondary. I have
heard of several cases of very bright people going to very expensive American
universities on scholarships that made it even cheaper than attending
universities at home.