ForReal, You could consider that the smarter people in America
"I won't pretend to be smart enough to even try to answer that. There are a hell of a lot of people smarter than me that can't figure it out. If they could, they would remedy the problem."
can't figure it out because in America there are many millions of more people who thunk as you do.
Actually they can figure it out, it's just there are millions more like you who prevent them following through on their thoughts.