Carelessness for U.S. Health and Welfare
Elections money 2020
Democratic candidates, groups election spending: $6.9 billion
Republicans candidates, groups election spending: $3.8 billion
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden: first candidate in history to raise $1 billion from donors.
Center for Responsive Politics “2020 election to cost $14 billion, blowing away spending records” by OpenSecrets.org October 28, 2020 Numbers for 2020 election cycle, based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on 10/23/20.
War Costs
Post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere
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udgetary Costs: $6.4 Trillion
Number of people killed directly in violence of wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere—several times as many civilian deaths as indirect result of the wars.
Human Costs: exceeding 801,000
Net worth of Key
Multimillionaire Politicians
- Donald John Trump: $2 Billion - Entitled to an annual salary of $400,000, “all but $1 to charity”
- Joseph Robinette Biden Jr: $9 million Business Insider (Forbes estimate)
- Kamala Devi Harris: $5-$6 Million Town and Country November 7, 2020
- Michael Richard Pence (including salary): $1 Million
Poverty and Homelessness
Poverty in the United States results from
- Relatively low income level
- Inflation
- Poor education
Of the United States population, 40-42.6 million (13.4 percent) subsist in poverty
during the 2007-2009 Recession,
and years following: “Poverty increased
Documented during the coronavirus pandemic, between May and October 2020, eight million people languished in poverty (i.e., they lacked “sufficient income or material possessions to meet their needs.” Before the pandemic the U.S. poverty rate was estimated at 11.1 percent.
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omelessness
Housing is mostly out of reach in the U.S. states of California and New York.
USA Defined homelessness includes individuals who lack “a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence”
Homelessness in the United States (Government et.al latest estimates 2018)
Total Homeless individuals: 552,830
Sheltered in provided housing: 358,363 (65 percent)
Unsheltered 194,467 (35 percent)
Veterans (during January 2013) Thanks for your service
- 57,849 (12 percent of all homeless adults)
Members of the U.S. military “who served in late Vietnam and post-Vietnam eras are at greatest risk of becoming homeless. Multiple and extended deployments, traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lack of affordable housing and economic hardships are contributive to homelessness among U.S. veterans
The Young
Child Homelessness 2007 to 2010 (increased): 1.2 million to 1.6 million
Two million youth in the United States are reported to “run away from or are forced out of their homes every year”
States hosting Highest Homeless rates
55 percent of the homeless population: 1-high, 10- low
1. California 129,972
2. New York 91,897
3. Florida 31,030
4. Texas 25,310
5. Washington 22,304
6. Maine 20,068
7. Oregon 14,476
8. Pennsylvania 13,512
9. Colorado 10,857
10. Illinois 10,643
Per year 2007–2018 percentages Experiencing Homelessness
- Individuals: 67 percent
- Families with children: 33 percent
- Youth under age 25, living on their own (without parents or children): 7 percent
- Veterans: 7 percent
- Chronically homeless (e.g., people with disabilities): 18 percent
Joblessness (estimated)
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.S. Government recorded employment and unemployment figures are not only estimates; but some known numbers are excluded, such as the number of individuals who have stopped looking for work. Workers expecting to be recalled from layoff may or may not be counted as unemployed, “depending on the specific interviewer.”
People are classified as unemployed if they
- Do not have a job
- Have actively looked for work in the previous four weeks, and
- Are currently available for work.
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.S. priorities, regardless to who or what stripe holds the reins or heads the realm, consists in wastefulness and carelessness regarding the health and welfare of the United States of America whose strength lies not in “capitalism” or “communism” or “socialism” or “identity politics” —all called out as scare tactics to distract the masses.
America’s true strength lies in the health and substantive well being (not mere “happiness”), the strength of mind, and the inventiveness of her people.
Sources
Center for Responsive Politics
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/cost-of-2020-election-14billion-update
https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/joe-biden/candidate?id=N00001669
Net worth
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-net-worth-lifestyle-real-estate-family-wealth-assets-2020-1
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a33996459/kamala-harris-net-worth/
Celebrity Net worth https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/kamala-harris-net-worth/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/republicans/mike-pence-net-worth/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/richest-billionaires/donald-trump-net-worth/
War costs
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures
Wikipedia “Poverty in the United States” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States
Wikipedia “Homelessness in the United States” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
Facts of Life “Homelessness in America 2020” https://manyfacetsoflife.com/homelessness-in-america-2020/
U.S. Unemployment
Wikipedia “Unemployment in the United States” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States
Jacob Crosse WSWS. “New US unemployment claims top 712,000 as mass layoffs continue” December 4, 2020. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/04/unem-d04.html
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