Sobering thought

After years of living in poverty with a fixed income of less than $1000 a month that comes from the government, after years of needing to use the food bank every month to get through the month, it's a bit shocking to realize I actually have it a lot better than a lot of people with regular jobs. We as a nation have the resources to end homelessness and poverty, to ensure everyone has a place to live and enough food to eat, yet here we are with thousands - nay, millions - of people going bankrupt, losing their homes, and struggling to feed themselves. Thousands/millions more than usual, that is, as it's now hitting people who thought they were well off, in addition to those who already knew they were living paycheck to paycheck.

The US is a garbage nation, a festering pustule of a country, and I've known it for at least a decade, but now it's becoming obvious to millions more people.