The US system is truly flawed .
The next time anyone says that you do not deserve any support from the government, that your success and even your survival depends only on your efforts, remind them that numerous wealthy bankers would have lost most of their wealth after they failed at their "finance games" leading up to the 2008 crash. And they would not have survived on their own. Their banks and businesses survived only because they were bailed out with taxpayers' money.
In the flawed, crony capitalist system, you have "socialism" for the rich, and nothing for anyone else. The system cannot continue for long, and will eventually collapse. Fortunately, some of those elites who have gamed the system will collapse too. Unfortunately, many of them will be able to shelter and save their ill-gotten gains.
And even more unfortunately, the collapse will hurt many who are already struggling to get by. Hope you can survive, thrive and maybe even prosper.
Stay strong, and carry on ... Full Steem Ahead.
You point out some very valid points.
I wrote an article a few days ago about Wells Fargo bank giving $35,000 to build tiny plastic sheeting shelters for homeless veterans. Yes, it's good that they will be warm for the winter, but if this is all we can do for the men and women who rish their lives at the cost of their sanity in the form of lifelong PTSD, we have a serious problem.