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I'm not sure that I understand your solutions. Are you suggesting that taxes be raised; reduction in defense spending and/or cutting social spending?
My view is that the real problem that America has is income inequality. When we look at countries with a thriving middle-class they are countries that have high taxes on wealth and strong unions that fight for wages and benefits. America used to have strong unions -- and when it did, wages were higher. Since then, wages have lagged the increase in income that goes to the elite.
It has to do with economics, and Capitalism, and market based metrics. It cannot be real times of War, if the right wing believes we can employ, Tax Cut Economics.
Public policies always benefit those with the most capital, the most.