"IMO that is the time to start looking foward instead of now while healthcare and food are not readily available to everyone."

Now, here is where I'm going to come off as cold, but I have to do it.

First of all, widespread hunger is not a problem here in the US. We are probably by far the fattest nation in the world. This obesity problem extends will into the impoverished areas. Those that would have you believe otherwise are often the ones that manipulate survey results where kids answered questions like "Are you ever hungry at school?" and paint the results to imply widespread childhood hunger.

As far as healthcare goes, I will go out on a limb and say that everyone has access to healthcare in some form or another. Those in poverty may not be part of an HMO, but they still have options w/ clinics, emergency rooms, medicaid, etc. It's not an ideal situation, but it's still far better than the majority of nations on this planet. The recent surge in socialist sentiment in the Democratic party would have everyone in society have the same level of healthcare services. To do so, someone is going to have to bear that financial burden....ie, taxpayers. Before we go down that road, I would prefer that those seeking higher standards of healthcare do what it takes to advance their career prospects, which will directly result in meeting their needs.

Again, our society too easily falls into this government can solve everything mode. If an individual, no matter what their income bracket is, wants to raise their standard of living, it's not the governments responsibility to provide that. It's each of our responsibilities to make our own way. Government progrems should be to help those in lugitimate need....not to subsidize the lower end of the financial spectrum with money taken by force from "the rich".