The US staggers towards becoming a failed state, one unable despite its wealth to meet the basic needs of vast numbers of its citizens. This is visible in the decaying infrastructure in even wealthy states like Texas and California, in the collapse of the public education system and of course in the health system. The US is surviving on momentum and the innovations of a relatively small number of people, many of whom are immigrants. It has become a model for what we do not want.

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