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 I was just reading the last weeks Economist which had an article about the Amazing economy of the USA. I keep looking for an amazing moment in our economy but haven't seen it yet. After reading the entire article, I saw it and it's happening amongst the wealthiest among us. The poor are doing better as they are coming closer to the middle class, while the middle class remains stuck. That sounds so familiar. None of the homeless were included in that data. That is a whole different problem.

Another part of the same article reveals what a lot of us already knew. The average life expectancy among Americans is now down to 77 years. Average European's live about 5 years longer. Why is that? Lifestyle is just part of that. And a major reason is the better quality and availability of healthcare in those countries. Here, in the USA, I can't imagine going through all the work and expense of medical school just to become a GP. A plastic surgeon or a dermatologist or a hundred other specialties will give you a much better reward for your time and money spent on medical schooling. That is the one big reason for the lack of family doctors and emergency care that we see now.  

Homelessness could be solved by courage. Political courage. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had that courage when it was needed and so the WPA and dozens of other programs were created to employ the jobless during the Depression. Roosevelt lost that courage when it was needed to protect the Americans of Japanese heritage. Thousands of them `````````````````lost their homes, their health, their savings, and dignity, when they were put into American concentration camps. 

The wealthiest at that time hated Roosevelt for meddling with the wealth of the nation and the racist were happy to see the concentration camps built and filled. His wife would have done better at that time in our history.     

Of course, there are no simple answers for any of those major problems. It will take work from our elected representatives. That is something that they seem unable to do.