Actually most of the problems in the U.S. would be cured if the government didn't spend so much money on the military.  If they diverted those funds to more productive things like free higher education, health care, etc...things would be much better in America.  Right now about 80% of the people own less than 9% of the wealth and that causes problems.  The government could do many things to make things a bit easier, but i'm not holding my breath.