If you lived in Monaco, Macau, Japan, Singapore, San Marino, Andorra, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Canada, Jersey, France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Iceland, Anguilla, Netherlands, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, New Zealand, Ireland, Norway, Germany, Jordan, United Kingdom, Greece, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Austria, Faroe Islands, Malta, Luxembourg, Belgium, Virgin Islands, Finland, South Korea, Turks and Caicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Puerto Rico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Gibraltar, Denmark, Portugal, or Guam, you would very likely live to enjoy more precious years on this beautiful Earth than an individual born into the United States.
Yes, policy matters.