Amidst all the attack ads, threats of violence and even assassination attempts, perhaps it’s time we should take stock of where we are as a society.
In the “richest nation on earth” millions of Americans are rightly concerned about the cost of putting food on their tables, the scarcity of affordable housing, and ever-escalating health care costs.
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