Let me start off by saying that as a nation we  have more income and wealth inequality today   than we ever had in the history of America  while the billionaire class becomes wealthier   our social safety net for the most vulnerable  in our country remains far behind are wealthy   Nations it's a disaster and if we do not get  our act together it's only going to get worse   we have the highest rate of childhood y of  almost any major Nation our child care system   is now dysfunctional more than 600,000 fellow  Americans are homeless and over 85 million are   Uninsured or underinsured but let's be clear  it's not just the children and the poor who   in the richest country on Earth are hurting our  nation's senior citizens are struggling as well