The signs of the demise of the system began to show strongly in the late 70's with the onset of the "bag lady." This was a polite reference to the homeless or nearly homeless. I know of adults renting a studio in Chcago, four sleeping in on ebed. There were alrealdy people camping, living and existing on Lower Waker Drive in Chicago..that would be living without a proper housing facility. This is when the unemployment began to be indemic in the US. With reagan, the unemployed began to be counted more creatively by the government, with the military being counted for the first time as employed, and the unemplyed otherwise were only those who still had unemployment benefits. If and when those whose benefits had runout di so, they were no longer counted. Now, this is all very ironic, since Reagan coined the phrase Voodoo Econimics in refernce to the loyal opposition.........the books have been being cooked ever since that desgaceful time.
The government , with the tas payers' contribution, should always attempt to assure health, education and welfare)which should include housing), for all of its citizens. I believe this because I believe as people who are supposed to believe the Word, we should give without asking to whom if possible when asked. The system worked quite well until that birth of Reaganomics, so, what happene? Have people stopped paying taxes? Why has education become so expensive, health care, and housing? I do recall after the book cooking became the norm bigtime there was the notion put out the greed is good, later ammended to greed is healthy. Satanic? You tell me.