Sammy,
My father was a young boy through it. That is as close as I have been. His family suffered.
But don't call things like they are here. Some will counter your concerns with sentimental platitudes about the greatness of our nation and the coming theocracy, led by Jesus Christ.
Americans are working harder and harder for less and these Einsteins here think I am "depressed" and "uninformed" to point things out. I think we should be a bit depressed, don't you? But don't worry, the drug companies have nice little pills waiting to get us back to "functioning" in this ridiculous society.