U.S. Poverty steadily increasing

With a nation whose president spends most of his time in foreign countries one could expect to find the great U.S. in trouble. U.S. poverty is increasing.

Yikes! How can America have a poverty problem? One would expect this from countries in Africa which is an entirely third world continent, but from the United States of America this is troubling. How can a nation who spends more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software or new cars be in this condition? Every month more than 90 percent of American children eat at McDonald's; the average American eats three hamburgers and four orders of french fries every week. So, not only are we putting ourselves in unhealthy positions, we are eating ourselves into poverty. There is something terribly wrong with this picture. There are some who suggest a Universal Healthcare System which could probably do some good for everyone. Nations such as France and several other Eastern Europe countries provide healthcare to citizens as a universal right. Seems to make a lot of sense. However, our government seems to be worried so much about whether Iran is going to give in to U.N. sanctions or not that the focus has shifted from taking care of U.S. citizens. Men like John Mark Karr are walking away from crimes they've wrongly "confessed" to while Hurricane victims from over one year ago, this week, are still unable to return to the place they call home. Poverty is a social problem, and unless our "society at large" decides to get the ball rolling there will be no way of escaping what the future may hold for this nation.