U.S. Drops Shamefully to Fifth in Most 'Networked' Countries List

What a bunch of nonsense! USA is the least "socialist" and most capitalistic of the countries on the list. And individualism is to an extreme. It is in fact due to extreme capitalism that we have monopolistic companies that hinder competition and progress.

Sadly your statement is so true. The children of today look to this governement as the saviour and deep pockets and what can I get for nothing. we have educators that complain because working 8 months a year that they should get paid moe then other people because they are baby siters.

The morals have fallen through the floor and we have more kids born who don't know who their fathers are and then the govt comes in and pays these children to have more children.

I'm not a religious right winger, but a govt that has people relaying on them for everything, can tell these people what to do.

You don't even understand the difference between capitalism and entrepreneurship, do you? Entrepreneurship is when someone starts a business using his own ideas and hard work. Capitalism is when someone with a lot of money makes money off someone else's ideas and hard work.

straight from the repubtard handbook....Our forefathers could of never predicted the problems our country has faced........we are first in crime,though....if you read another article today.They raided a "christain militia " group in.... of all places "ohio"......"christain" I think all you rtepublicans like to hide behind that .....you don't know the first thing about god.........but you do know about guns.

So let me see if I understand this. Sweden, arguably the most socialized country in the world, is #1 on the list. And the US, arguably the least socialized country in the industrialized world, is falling, and the reason for this is that the US is too socialized? Does anyone else here not understand this argument or is it just me???

To sad senior. Didn't you notice thatr the countries ahead of the U.S. are some of the most socialist countries ?????

then how do you explain that the most networked counties are
1. sweden 2. singapore 3. denmark and 4. switzerland; sweden, denmark and swizterland have some of the most generous social (read socialist) policies on the planet and provide things like universal health care and college educations for their citizens, several even PAY a mother to stay home with her children for their first few years AND provide child care ALL paid for by TAX money...

Well,

Sweden is ranked as no 1 on the networked countries lista and you might know that that country has a good mix of socialism and capitalism. So please do not say that the USA is not ranking higher due to too much socialism! In general Swedes has an average higher level of education. The country invests a lot in broad band and the number of personal computers are higher that it is in the US. Higher education is free and a diploma from a Swedish high school counts as the same level as the first year of college in the US. Almost all schools in Sweden are public. Sweden does not have a poor class like in the US that lacks basic health care, good day care for working parents and health care is universal. Swedes are healthier that their US counter parts and to a lower cost per capita.

Gunn-Britt

You have medicare and social security, but you're against socialism and you don't need the government for anything? Wow. Unless you're saying you don't want medicare and social security, then I'm not sure I'm following your line of thinking here...?

How interesting. Your government runs the military, your social security and your medicare. Do you have police, possibly emergency squads, township and county systems running the welfare system that some actually need. Physically or mentally handicapped. Roads bridges etc. maintained. Sure glad you don't use the government. Guess you live in a cave or mud hut some where. The government isn't perfect, neither are you and I and how do you manage 300 million people. With improvement of course.

bleedingheart, ebleyes was being sarcastic. Why it wasn't obvious to you is beyond me. It's like the morons who, during the tea party rallies, hold signs that say they want the government to keep their hands of their health care... all while they participate in medicare and/or the VA programs. It's not socialism that's trouncing America; it is stupidity.

That's CAPITALISM

It was called the NAFTA Treaty that was signed into law under the Clinton Admin.

Jim: Lawmakers? They have very little to do with where the goods we use are made. Business decision-makers are beholden to their corporate "bottom line" only, and caring for their countries welfare comes in a distant third--first stockholders, second personal greed, then the good old USA.