This is not about the world, it is about the US and how it perceived the world as its allies and enemies 50 years ago.
Better change the title as "The US in 1962"
Many people who commented here have never attended an interview in a US consulate. It is a 3 step process and it is not an easy one.Some times the process can last more than 5 hours .it was one of the nervous moments of my life. To get a visa extension every 2 years I need to provide a letter from my employer ,tax documents and the last 3 pay stubs. Although, I have every document my visa could be rejected for no reason or sent for an audit or RFI(Request for more Info).This process can take around 2-3 months with re- submissions and RFIs.The Visa extension process became more rigorous in Obama's administration. The bar has been set really high which is good.some of my friends did not get an extension and so they had to leave the country .The petition fee has been hiked to $5000 from $1800 with an extra $1500 for the attorney's fee.Very few employers are willing to sponsor a work permit ,Hardly any one is willing sponsor a GC in this economy.Even if they are willing ,the backlog is almost 6 years.so if I apply now there is a chance I might get a GC in 2017.The bottom line is, I don't support illegal immigration of any kind.Immigration should be based on qualification .Although,what kind qualification is debatable .Thats a different story.If you guys are empathetic to illegal immigrants go look at the US consulates across the world where thousands of people stand every day to get an "Approved" stamp on their passports.
Appriciate your lengthy analysis with wiki links. if you are from India originally, its time for you to shut your laptop and go back ,take part in cleaning the mess.
"best country to work" have you heard of France? I think they have a maximum 30 hour work week. :O
Although I guess this depends on your definition of "best" ;)
What are the other differences? I'll take 5 extra hours a week for keeping a much larger part of my pay after taxes and avoiding the unemployment they have.
And I'm not a conservative at all, I'm one pushing for higher taxes when necessary, but even I think that hours at work is a terrible way to measure happiness at work. I had a 40 hour a week job and I hated it, now I have a 50 hour a week job and love it.
I'm sick of seeing the right-wing's tired old, sacred myth that "American's pay less taxes." It's total BS. While this isn't targeted directly at the poster, since you seem pretty open to figuring out the truth, but the hint of this myth is there.
Why is it that everyone who trots out this myth feels like they can ignore the "non-tax" taxes of FICA(social security & medicare)?
If you add in what you pay to FICA(social security & medicaid), and also add in the out of pocket expenses you bear for your own health care, now the average American's
tax burden is not only almost identical to most of Europe, but is probably a tiny bit higher. Around ~50% or so.
The US federal gov't sure as hell benefits by having half the voting population(Republicans) believe this myth. It's just deceptive accounting semantics—make everyone pay something, but don't call it a "tax", voila, now you can claim to have far lower taxes than any other G8 nations!
But it's a lie.
I think most Americans are plain fools when it comes to taxes. No wonder the gov't is able to spend $0.53 of every tax dollar on war and killing poor, non-white human beings, and NOT have riots in the streets, or their greatest existential fear: a mass scale tax "protest" movement. And don't even get me started on how stupid everyone is for the annual tax season "refund" rigmarole. What kind of idiots(other than our insolvent banks) give the Federal gov't an interest free micro-loan over a year?
