Monday, May 11, 2009

Number 6 With A Bullet


6. Canada
Satisfaction With Present Life: 78.0*
Predicted Satisfaction With Future Life: 87.3*
2009 Gross Domestic Product Per Capita: $46,799**
Unemployment Rate: 6.1%***

According to a recent Forbes magazine survey, Canadians have the sixth highest satifaction with their lives of the 140 countries studied. The USA didn't even crack the top ten. The countries with the most satifaction are not suprisingly northern European countries Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands as the top three. Surprisingly these nations also have a form of socialize healthcare that is rejected by large numbers of Americans as too much government interference in their lives. Low unemployment and strong economic health also led to a more happy populace. Calgary was the Canadian city that placed highest on the list at number 2 with Vancouver at 5. Let the line at the border form on the left.

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