"Why is America getting an F on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Well, there are actually four reasons. Reason number one, the US ranks just 32nd in the world out of 171 countries on social progress. Now, you might expect the US to be behind those sort of smug socialist Scandinavians. Norway is number one country in the world after all. Or maybe a few of those small countries with turbocharged GDP like Ireland, Luxembourg or Singapore. But it's worse than that. At 32nd place, the US is bottom of the G7, below Germany, the UK, France, Canada, Japan and Italy. The US goes worse than the whole of the European Union and is behind even newer members of the EU like Poland and Cyprus. Yes, America is better than 171st ranked Central African Republic. But that's no win. 32nd place is just not good enough to be called a leader in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."