You are less well off financially than your parents?
And you think this would be observably true for most Americans?
Consider this.
If there were any truth to your suggestion, people would be flocking out of America by the millions to seek a better life in the capital infused alternatives.
This is not happening. In fact, quite the reverse is happening. For some reason, every person on the earth is desperate to get here for a chance at the impossible circumstances you describe. We are not talking small numbers here. Torrential numbers of people pour into this country each year-- more than all nations combined.
For some reason-- and this has been going on for quite some time-- no one seems to be getting the message that life in America is becoming increasingly economically unsustainable.
Leaving the dirt poor countries of Latin America is a natural choice. Any time they come here their standard of living increases ten-fold. That's why they come.
When you look at the things immigrants, legal and illegal receive when they come to America it is easy to see why they come here.
Medical care is one of these things. Do you know what has been happening to our medical care in the past decade? It has been collapsing that's what. Why? Because of the law that states that everyone is entitled to free emergency medical care. The rising costs of emergency care to illegal aliens is bankrupting hospitals nationwide!
Tell me what other countries offer such benefits.