WHERE

the media devotes a huge part of its coverage to biased political publicity;

more than 40 million people depend on food stamps for their groceries, and almost one out of 30 children is homeless, let alone tens of thousands of adults;

70 per cent of those of employable age don’t have a college degree and about 10 per cent of 25- to 29-year-olds have not completed high school;

more than 30 million, or 10 per cent of the population, are without health insurance in a given year, and large segments of the poor and those lacking basic essentials are minorities;

the national debt is so huge that many can’t even imagine the quantum of that number;

a significant proportion of the country’s infrastructure is in disrepair;

inequality, insecurity and the need for reform on many fronts abound; and,

politicians of all shades,