Counterpoints: Even upper-middle-class women are more likely to die giving birth in the US than in (almost any part of) Europe. Middle-class families can be f

Counterpoints: Even upper-middle-class women are more likely to die giving birth in the US than in (almost any part of) Europe. Middle-class families can be financially ruined by chronic or terminal illnesses within the family. Below-average income families in the US have heavy financial hurdles trying to get their kids into college. Religious homeschooling is currently preparing a generation of undereducated American children. GDP isn't quality of life.