Given that most poor Americans don&#x27;t work [1] and yet have more money than 95% of Indians [2], you&#x27;d expect these problems to be solved in the US. Particularly since Americans also have free libraries, free schools where teachers show up, and internet access is a tiny fraction of the consumption available to poor Americans.<p>So are these problems solved there? Since education is available to Americans, why haven&#x27;t they all used it and acquired higher wage jobs?<p>[1] See table 3, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;dam&#x2F;Census&#x2F;library&#x2F;publications&#x2F;2015&#x2F;demo&#x2F;p60-252.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;dam&#x2F;Census&#x2F;library&#x2F;publication...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;economix.blogs.nytimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;31&#x2F;the-haves-and-the-have-nots&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;economix.blogs.nytimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;31&#x2F;the-haves-and-t...</a> THESE NUMBERS ARE ADUSTED FOR PURCHASING POWER PARITY