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Grapevine: What is the best country to be from?
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A look at quality of life index list
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- Date Nov 30, 2012
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Now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine.
Where's the best place to be born.
If you said the United States.
Not even close Yahoo! reports -- quality of life index from the economist intelligence unit the sister company of The Economist Magazine.
-- Switzerland is the best based on factors including well.
Crime family life trusting government and economic stability.
Australia is next followed by Norway Sweden and Denmark.
The US quote where babies will inherit the large debts of the boomer generation.
Languishes back in sixteenth place in 1988 the US was first.
And France was second.
In that country France a socialist -- politician is calling out president Obama's policies as socialist.
CNBC reports industry minister.
Arnault one tabor says Indian company.
20000 people in France should believe.
After announcing it would close down a factory.
The French government says it could nationalize that factory with backing from an unnamed businessman.
On tabor says Barack Obama has nationalized the Germans are nationalize in all countries are nationalized.
Politician may have been referring to the US auto bailout.
We reached out to the White House -- have not heard back.
Finally freshman congressman Chris Gibson a Republican from New York.
It's catching flak for trying to slip out of an anti tax pledge.
Gibson signed the Grover Norquist pledge and 22010.
But argues that it no longer applies because.
Redistricting change the number of the district he represents.
A Gibson spokeswoman says quote the congressman signed the pledge as a candidate in 2010 for the twentieth congressional district.
Regarding the pledge moving forward congressman Gibson.
Doesn't plan to -- -- it for the nineteenth congressional district which he now represents the pledges to your constituents.
Of a number district.
Norquist rejects the logic saying the pledge is clearly made in writing to quote the American people conservative writer John fund says of Gibson quote.
His constituents may not be able to trust his word on the pledge he took what they can count on the fact.
That he is now a potential vote for just about any tax hike a budget deal could contain.