Thank you bakers. Pleasant holidays to anons worldwide.
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<Almost half of America is broke, and 58 percent of the country is living paycheck to paycheck, with savings of less than one thousand dollars.
<37 million Americans go to bed hungry and around 130 million admit an inability to pay for basic needs.
<Ending homelessness might cost around $20 billion, less than Americans spend on Christmas decorations.
If the country is going to wake up, it needs to know the facts on the ground and be able to face the harsh reality.
It doesn't matter that the official "unemployment rate" is X% lower, though that looks good in a news headline. People just need a full-time job that covers all their expenses plus allows for savings, and many do not have that right now.
And most of the population under 50 does not have a stock market account or 401K retirement, so it doesn't help them that the stock market is at a high, even though that is fun to cheer at POTUS rallies.
The U.S. has a lot of work to do to make significant lasting improvement in the day-to-day aspects of millions of people's lives. Maybe the country can get around to it after another 5 years of "swamp cleaning." Meanwhile, how many more people will end up living on the street or taking their own lives, while politicians and elites struggle for power? The type of vibe I get from people on these difficult topics is that it's just "an unfortunate situation" that can't be helped, and it's not a problem that "successful, happy" people should be expected to think about.