Getting off the ship at Ellis Island there was no Social Security, no welfare, no school lunch programs, and no food stamps. Only what you brought with you.
Is America truly the “land of the free and the home of the brave?” If the numbers of people who want to come and live in the US is any indication — yes.
We’ve experienced recessions, depressions, housing slumps, gas lines, currency devaluation and more over the past 150 years. One doesn’t need a crystal ball to know that history will certainly repeat itself.