we've wondered about this too. The only thing we can come up with is that politicians have created an environment that have outsourced our jobs to countries where the work can be done cheaper; that makes the good less expensive. This housing problem where there are so many people who are defaulting on their loans is another aspect of the homeless -- and unfortunately they do show that the homeless can appear anywhere. This problem is so huge that it may bring about a change.A computer for every kid -- we haven't seen it implemented in the USA; there is an underworld where people, some even highly educated, end up. There are thousands of people in the USA that do without enough to eat, warmth, comfort, homes -- just as in other countries. we wish the government would stop paying out so much money to other countries and put some back in our economy.