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Article #1722Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
From: Michael J Kugel
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12
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In article <1993Jan23.000840.20867@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: >In article <1993Jan22.220321.8579@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey) writes: >> >>One reason, IMHO, why Americans have the "USA #1" attitude is >>the relative amount of immigration to American vs. other >>countries. Most Americans are decendents of people who came >>here in the last 100 or 150 years. Most Americans know, >>work with, and have friends that were born in other countries >>and immigrated to America. >> >>The logic is thus, "since hundreds of thousands of people >>immigrate to America every year, and millions have immigrated >>here over the past century, this must be the best country >>in the world." >> > >Canada has twice the immigration rate per capita than the United >States has. > >Gerald Does this include illegal immigration? Mike
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Newsgroups: sci.econ,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.canada Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!mjkugel From: mjkugel@iastate.edu (Michael J Kugel) Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books) Message-ID: <C1BpGz.L20@news.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA References: <1993Jan22.151010.17928@acuson.com> <1993Jan22.220321.8579@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <1993Jan23.000840.20867@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12:35 GMT Lines: 25