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The United States of America just graduated as the world’s biggest economy (again). America now has the HIGHEST amount of poor people and a HIGHEST amount of Carl’s Jr. restaurants. That’s what I call Freedom.

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The United States has been graduated as the world’s biggest economy. But who cares, right? So what’s the America’s greatest achievement? It’s not the United States’ No. 1 consumer of antidepressants. That’s Bulgaria. It’s not the No. 1 car consumer; that’s Italy. <br><br>It’s not the country that’s strongest on beer; that’s the Czech Republic. It’s not the world’s greatest cheese consumers; that’s France, where they also need the greatest consumption of the strongest laxatives in the world.<br><br>No, it’s not mass production of flat-screen TVs, consumer electronics or cars, nor is it in the mass production of flatulent cows.<br><br>What is it? It’s the country that consumer the most carbonated soda. America consumes 2.92 billion cases of soda each year. That comes to **44.7 gallons per person.** That’s a great achievement because Americans don’t even drink water.<br><br>What is it? It’s the country that consumer the most consumer of antidepressants. That’s right, the U.S. are the world’s **leading consumer of antidepressants**, which is prescribed to one in six adults.<br><br>Or it might be the country with the highest percentage of twinkle-toed giants. Nearly four out of five of us are **overweight**; nearly one in five **obese.**<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **tacos.** Americans eat an average of 3.2 tacos per person per week. That’s 167 tacos every year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **pizza.** Americans eat 23 pounds of pizza per person per year. So while our national parks are going unvisited, our national waistlines are going unbuttoned.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **movie consumer.** Americans consume 4.8 billion movie tickets each year. And then there’s our standard of living, which is expensive, at $54,578 per year, but includes access to the best health care system in the world for the 90 percent of the population who can’t afford it.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **planes.** Americans makes 1,29 aircraft per year.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **cars.** Americans makes 11 million cars every year. That’s 91 cars per 1,000 Americans. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **cigarettes.** Americans smoke 121 billion cigarettes each year. That’s 365 cigarettes per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **opiates.** Americans consume nearly 34 billion pills each year. That’s 100 pills per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No consumer of **marijuana.** Americans are second-round world’s largest consumer of marijuana. 51 million Americans use marijuana in a year, and at least 10 million people in the United States smoke marijuana every month.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **video games.** Americans makes 51 billion dollars a year on video game.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **computer.** Americans makes 23 billion dollars a year on computer.<br><br>Or it might be the country that makes the most **beer.** Americans makes 6 billion dollars a year on beer.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **soap.** Americans use 50 pounds of shampoo per person per year. That’s 150 pounds of soap, shampoo and toothpaste per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **apples.** Americans eat on average six pounds of apples per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **eggs.** Americans eat on average 255 eggs per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **chicken.** Americans eat on average 50 pounds of chicken per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **pizza.** Americans eat on average 23 pounds of pizza per person per year. That’s 38 slices of pizza per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **tacos.** Americans eat on average 167 tacos per person per year, but then again, we also eat 23 pounds of pizza every year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **beef.** Americans eat on average 54 pounds of beef per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **shrimp.** Americans eat on average 2 pounds of shrimp per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **bananas.** Americans eat on average 11,3 pounds of bananas per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **cheese.** Americans eat on average 30 pounds of cheese per person per year. That’s 113 pounds of cheese per year for a family of four, at a time when the dairy industry is producing a surplus of milk that gushes forth like an oil spill. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **ice cream.** Americans eat on average 23 pounds of ice cream per person per year. That’s 2 pounds of ice cream per person per month. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **milk.** Americans drink on average 20 gallons of milk per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **candy.** Americans eat on average 27 pounds of candy per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **cookies.** Americans eat on average 2 pounds of cookies per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **fries.** Americans eat on average 30 pounds of fries per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **doughnuts.** Americans eat on average 2 pounds of doughnuts per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of consumer of antidepressants. That’s right, the U.S. are the world’s **leading consumer of antidepressants**, which is prescribed to one in six adults.<br><br>Or it might be the country with the highest percentage of twinkle-toed giants. Nearly four out of five of us are **overweight**; nearly one in five **obese**.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **soda.** Americans drink on average 44.7 gallons of soda per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **bottled water.** Americans drink on average 42 gallons of bottled water per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **coffee.** Americans drink on average 27 gallons of coffee per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **orange juice.** Americans drink on average 19 gallons of orange juice per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **fruit juice.** Americans drink on average 21 gallons of fruit juice per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **juice.** Americans drink on average 24 gallons of juice per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **tea.** Americans drink on average 8 gallons of tea per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **milkshake.** Americans drink on average 13 gallons of milkshake per person per year. <br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **sports drinks.** Americans drink on average 7 gallons of sports drinks per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **wine.** Americans drink on average 7 gallons of wine per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **milk.** Americans drink on average 20 gallons of milk per person per year.<br><br>Or it might be the No. 1 consumer of **beef.** Americans eat on average 50 pounds of beef per person per year.<br><br>No, I think it’s the car. Of the 1.4 billion vehicles in the world, the United States has 276 million of them. That’s 838 cars per 1,000 people. <br><br>And then there’s our standard of living, which is expensive, at $54,578 per year, but includes access to the best health care system in the world for the 90 percent of the population who can’t afford it.<br><br>And then there’s our standard of living, which is expensive, at $54,578 per year, but includes access to the best health care system in the world for the 10 percent of the population who can afford it.<br><br>And then there’s our standard of living, which is expensive, at $54,578 per year, but includes access to the best healthcare system in the world for the 70 percent of the population who can afford it.<br><br>No, I think it’s the car. Americans are the world’s **largest consumers of cars.**<br><br>No, I think it’s the standard of living. Americans are the world’s **largest consumers of medical expenditures**, making up a third of global medical spending.<br><br>No, I think it’s the standard of living. Americans are the world’s **largest consumers of health care costs

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