Where is America ten years after 9/11?
09/06/11 Where is America ten years after 9/11? What is the state of our nation? Our economy teeters on the edge of depression, our tax dollars have been squandered invading Iraq and Afghanistan, our civil liberties are continually being eroded by an imperial Presidency and a self-serving Congress, and our Supreme Court has decided that corporations have the same rights as citizens. Here, in brief, is the state of America ten years after 9/11: more people are in prison (according to Wikipedia “The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world ” ); more children go to bed hungry at night, (Hunger in America 2010 reports “hunger is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States.”) and the USDA reports that the use of food stamps is 34% higher than two years ago (SF Chronicle, 9/4/11.) In addition, more families are homeless, more people are jobless, the nation is deeper in debt and, oh yes, the rich pay less in taxes. Whil...