What about the highly unequal distribution of income and wealth in US society compared to the rest of the developed world?

What about the lack of significant level of public goods and services in US society such as mass transit, public health care and better resourced public education?

What about stronger unions that could negotiate higher wages and benefits for the common working man and woman? Yes, face up to it, most of you professionals are fancy working class because you depend on your work income to survive. If you were indedpendently wealthy, then most likely you would not be having a mid life crisis and visiting this website.

My point is that if we had lower costs of living and higher wages, then we could afford some small indulgences that make us happy without going broke.

Look at the French with their cafes and bistros and the Germans with their beer gardens.

Wake up America and realize that some personal problems require social and political solutions.

Jack York