Just a thread for people to post positive facts about the US, I figured it would be good to balance out all of the negative threads about the US. [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101240935"]
World's most big-hearted nation: the United States[/URL]
[COLOR=#d3d3d3][QUOTE][FONT=Arial]The United States is the world's most generous nation, according to a global index of giving, as a higher proportion of Americans helped a stranger than any other country in the world.[/FONT][/QUOTE][/COLOR][QUOTE][COLOR=#424858][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#d3d3d3]The 2013 World Giving Index – published annually by international nonprofit organization Charities Aid Foundation – looks at three measures: monetary giving, volunteering and helping of strangers in a typical month. The survey, published on Tuesday, was carried out in 2012 across 135 countries.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#424858][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#d3d3d3]([I]Read more[/I]: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101229287"][COLOR=#d3d3d3]Beware these holiday charity scams growing online[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#d3d3d3]) [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#424858][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#d3d3d3]The U.S. made a significant improvement in charitable behavior, rising to the top position from fifth place last year.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#d3d3d3][FONT=Arial]Meanwhile, three countries tied for second place this year: Canada, Myanmar, and New Zealand. Australia, which was the highest-ranked nation in both the 2010 and 2012 reports, dropped to the seventh position.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;aSL-iIskEFU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aSL-iIskEFU[/video]