These types of points relating to state driven policy failure and wealth inequality, regularly fall outside the mainstream media talking points and the degree of knowledge one can obtain by exclusively following mainstream sources.
Every other politician I've seen would have swept these issues under a rug and feigned ignorance until the next recession.
If only you tried to manage the budget of $200/month per one family you would smother all American politicians with kisses.
Everything is relative. I still believe that even despite the figures you gave American families live better than families in the greatest majority of second-to-third world countries.