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Just watched this really great movie. It's great cuz, it gets yah thinking that if Americans spent the amount of time they spend complaining about their Presidential candidates and actively working toward changing their society we too, could have these pretty awesome "well being" programs that other countries have and begin to heal a lot of the problems/pain we have in the U.S.   


Take a look at what our friends overseas have. We the people, should be demanding that our candidates work for us and change what doesn't work in our society. Ironically, a lot of these countries say these ideas came from us!  Norway for instance, says their prison system came about because of our "no cruel and unusual punishment."  Anyhow, check out the movie. 


1. 8 weeks paid vacation in Italy.

2. 5 months paid maternity leave in Italy.

3. 2 hour work lunches to go home and eat with family.

4. Healthy, well-balanced school lunches and an hour long session to eat them like in France. 

5. Eliminate homework and standardize testing. 

6. Free College for all like in Slovenia.

7. Free National Health Care for all like they do in Germany.

8. Teaching school kids to remember national sins so they are not repeated like in Germany.

9. Focusing on women's Empowerment and Equal Rights like they did in Tunisia.

10. Norway's Prison System.

11. Portugal's Drug System. 12. Better education and media ethics.

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