Our spending has been unproductive. That's the problem. We have wasted money on the military instead of investing in the people.
Then there is the fact that our country has lost over 50 trillion because of an attitude we deny.
Ann Saphi,
Racial inequities cost U.S. economy trillions, researchers find, Reuters, September 9, 2021,
Large gaps in rates of employment, education, and earnings persist across races, says San Francisco Federal Reserve president
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