I think you are largely right, America is no longer a place where a white family can own a house and raise a family on a single blue collar income. We've return

I think you are largely right, America is no longer a place where a white family can own a house and raise a family on a single blue collar income. We've returned to productivity levels on par with the rest of the world. Does that mean the government has stopped working? No, it means the the rest of the world caught up. The sooner rust belt types accept that they're no longer on top of the world the sooner we can start trying to solve problems that are actually solvable.