the host of social problems that are growing and worsening, it has a direct correlation to those numbers, i.e, if you study a bit about the relationship of poverty to crime, drug abuse, etc., etc.
Now, in a crony capitalism with its shibboleth of profit and its demigods of wealth, the facts about that are not only inconvenient, they are sacrosanct to the system.
If we really wanted to improve this country as a whole and see the dire, negative statistics decline rapidly, then addressing the massive and growing inequity is job one and the one that would be most effective, sound and lasting. Currently, profit and acquisition trumps, (pun intended) life, health, happiness and general flourishing. It is making a rather sick society go critical and the symptoms we see point directly to the illness we have collectively.
Right now, we are collectively working to support and enrich a small percentage of our population and many of us can hardly survive doing that. The priorities of the wealthy, (and big corporations) are so heavy and egregious that their weight is like an elephant on our backs. We can't keep that up much longer and if breaking the backs of a large number of Americans of all kinds is going to proceed unabated, then what are we getting for our efforts? Nothing much?
This is not a big secret. There are no big metaphysical question marks hovering around it mysteriously. It is not a big WTF. It is supported by facts and evidence and that information is available for all to see.
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