First world not so first world

One of the things that have never made me a complete fan of capitalism is the fact that within so many 1st world countries, there is such intense poverty – if capitalism can’t solve the issues of poverty within its own country, how does it intend to deal with it outside its country?

The massive amount of poor kids – the Underclass perhaps – in America and Britain should be an intense shame.

Child study finds big divisions
The first report on the well-being of children in 21 western states shows marked divisions in education, health and sexual behaviour and drug-taking.
The Netherlands topped the well-being table compiled by the UN children's agency Unicef, with Scandinavian nations also performing well. However the United Kingdom and United States fare much worse, taking the bottom two places in the table. The report shows no strong link between child well-being and per capita GDP. Unicef says the report, titled Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries, is the first study of childhood across 21 of the world's industrialised nations.

CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef