^^^ what you dont get is 18% poorer is 1 million percent richer( exaggerated example) than the chinese. Yes, the govt has to do a better job - but come on- a lower middle class family makes more money than an upper middle class family in china , in major states/ cities. it helps that the US has a lower population too.
- it's really is a whole diffrent set of freedoms. freedom of opportunity unlike any other place! plus only place where you will have thousands if not millions of pakistanis, indians, iranians, chinese, russian etc running to reside there or are residing here.