Thank all for you thoughts. Originally I was informed of the stat I was quoting in a recent A.B.C or S.B.S. program of the situation in Louisiana. I hope it correct.

I was not wishing to offend anyone or make comparisons between Australia and the U.S.A but was motivated by the thought that a country like the U.S.A supposedly more populous, worldly, advanced, a leading nation etc, could countenance such a stat.

There's no doubt Australia's record in relation to it's own indigenous people is equally disgraceful to that of the U.S.A, but I wasn't referring to the American Indians when I made my original post nor comparing their plight with that of the Aboriginal people of Australia.

Thank for your welcome Belly, great round-up assessment examinator, themissus says it well and makes the point that there really hasn't been much change has there?, Yabby expands to the to bigger picture and Arjay points to impending economic doom and is probably right. Oh well back to the drawing board.

A stat is a stat, if it is correct? as I originally said ," it' speaks for itself doesn't it?"

Whilst the solution is obvious the misconceptions on the USA proliferate, because people opinions are influenced by those that should know better.
I would suggest that you all pack up and take a holiday to the United States
http://www.united.com/
It’s cheaper than a trip to Uluru and stays in cheaper than ozz accommodation.
Be treated like a human being instead of a meal ticket then you could go to the local
‘Deli’ and buy oranges from Australia cheaper than you can from Australia but not as cheap the local product.
Then you could go to a gourmet vegetable shop and buy Aussie wine cheaper than you can buy it in oz but also get Californian wine cheaper again
Then you could buy specialty vegetable again cheaper than you could in oz.
If you need to conserve money however you could go to large supermarket and buy a gallon of milk that 4.55 liters to you ossies for $1.99 locally buy any brand of butter for 2 bucks a pound that’s 500 grams to you ossies . Then you could go to a butcher and buy local Angus beef at half price that you would pay in ozz.
Of course if you need medical assistance in the USA you wouldn’t buy a policy from the airlines associated insurers at $1100 per month you would go to the local group that sells accessory insurance a $160 a month that covers your hospital stay for $100 a day premium if you remember how medibank worked.
Then of course you would need a car to travel around in which would cost you $40 a day for say a corvette and fuel at $2.65 gallon which we paid today on filling up.
Then you have the gall say that the USA is in trouble financially, what’s around the corner from Australia then?

The trouble is a TV stat is a TV stat and moron is moron... what aggravates me is you sit back in your comfy chairs and pontificate about self created elusions when all you have to do is get off you bums nod do something. Like which one of yo self righteous yobbos donated to the bushfire relief as I did?
Your still a bunch of hypocrites as you still can’t even imagine the squalor you allow the aboriginal Australians to endure.
So think again before you produce some more BS STAT

*I would suggest that you all pack up and take a holiday to the United States*

Oh I did just that Thomas, some years ago now. In fact I went to
Louisianna, New Orleans to be precise, for the blues music, which
was amazing.

Other then that, frankly the place is a disaster. 100'000 people
a year are shot in the USA each year. My taxi driver claimed that
6 of his buddies had already died that year and it was only August.
Car jackings in the streets of New Orleans were common.

I saw some of the fattest people in the world, that I have ever
seen, many battling to walk. It seems that American food manufacturers have perfected the art of stuffing cheap ingredients
with salt, sugar and lard. Sadly they have exported this technology
and its affecting the health of many nations now. Next thing those
who don't have health insurance, can lose their house if they get
sick.

Racism in New Orleans was extreme. Just open hatred, expressed by
both sides voluntarily, I was frankly shocked, perhaps because in
all my travels, I have never experienced something similar before
and I've travelled on 4 continents.

Later on I flew right up North, things are quite different up
there.

So you can shove your bible bashing deep South, they are a primitive
lot down there.

*I would suggest that you all pack up and take a holiday to the United States*

I did also for many years ! I am Mrs International!

Read my lips yappy,
And a w888r is w888ker.
Did you donate your last 100 to the bushfire victims?
But your affluent enough go to the Louisiana for the music festival,
And what do you do get on the internet and tell us all about how you know everything about the USA. In how long 2 weeks or 1 week ?
you make laugh.