[IAmBroom]

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.