The big auto makers have been calling for the need for a health care system on par with the rest of the industrialized world for many years - retirement benefits and health care make up a significant portion of their expenses that overseas competitors don't have to deal with. That was one of the stated reasons that Toyota closed an Ohio plant and moved it to Canada - the cost of operations in a country without a national health care system were simply too high to allow them to effectively compete.
IAmKowalski Reviewed by IAmKowalski on . US wealth gap among world's highest US wealth gap among world's highest Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:26:00 GMT A UN report has warned that the high rate of inequality in American cities could cause widespread social unrest and increased mortality. The annual State of the World's cities report from UN-Habitat, found that New York was the ninth most unequal city in world, the Guardian reported on Thursday. Atlanta, New Orleans, Washington, and Miami were not far behind, with rankings similar to those of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Rating: 5