I am surprised that you think lack of poverty is the only thing which keeps such factors at bay. But to address the main premise, only about 32% of the populati

I am surprised that you think lack of poverty is the only thing which keeps such factors at bay. But to address the main premise, only about 32% of the population makes $50K or less, that’s counting individuals not couples. A couple with $35K each clears about 70K, whereas the median cost of living is about $61K. So, on average the U.S. population is not that poor. But no one is climbing the social ladder with these numbers, which raises a lot of concerns from various groups, but there’s no real poverty per se. But of course, that varies by state, and whatever they have going on locally in each county, and so on. Feel free to correct me.