Hurray. i beg to differ with you. "americans have the worst doctors in the world?" -- where is that coming from? Do you have stats to support your argument? "Very few of their colleges and universities are competitive at world stage." --Do you know how many chinese or Indian or Japanese universities are on the top 100 list? "A poor in Nepal is probably better off than the poor in US" --That is one of the stupid remarks i have read in a while. no offence though. I agree that capitalism may increase the gap between middle and lower class. but that will still not mean anything to the coutry's economy. India have one of the best economic growths (second only to china i believe). but look at the number of poors and beggars in India. US will not fall until there is a cataclysmic economic disaster which seems improbable at the moment and for many years to come. LooTe