Wealthiest country in the world.

[arcadian]

Wealthiest country in the history of our planet and the weakest and most vulnerable citizens are not provided for. And still will not be provided for. Says a lot about the national character.

[midnight]

1. K&R. Greed seems to blind common decency amongst the leadership or lack of it.

[jtrockville]

2. Can we still consider ourselves "wealthiest" while living on credit cards?

[FarCenter]

3. Actually, we're somewhere between 12th and 17th richest, depending on how you measure

And falling very fast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

[iceman66]

4. Much of the decline is due to the weak dollar,

and I'm not sure how up to date that list is.

Certainly Iceland is no longer in the top ten.

[FarCenter]

8. Iceland and Ireland would likely be below us now.

But given the dollar's decline since 2008, several would be above us now, such as Belgium, Germany, France, Canada.

[seabeyond]

5. U.S. is number 8. Liechtenstein is number one. though we have by far most billionaires. nt

[seabeyond]

7. Liechtenstein, Qatar, Luxenbourg, Kuwait, Norway, Brunei, Singapore,

U.S., Ireland, San Marino

[ananda]

6. We're debt wealthy...

... not actually wealthy.