Reply #86: No, it is not.

[krispos42]

Which is why I'd like to see some improvement on the numbers. But we're not going to get any progress if we still have things like free trade and globalization, union-busting, illegal drugs, and private health care.

All of this destroys the middle class, pushing more people into the ragged edge of poverty. And poverty is the root of a lot of the crime in this country.