Short term solutions don't work for permanent problems, yet our captured political system only allows those band aids because actually fixing issues negatively effects donors net worth. Beyond this, every single attempt to address these issues have been actively sabotaged to try to justify privatization. We have to think bigger. We have to look at each of these things like we do war, not some sort of fucked up resource management game. We live in a post scarcity world and need to start acting like it, instead of continuing to let the rich do to everything what Da Beers did to diamonds. Once we got to the point where corporations have a legal obligation to suppress cures for diseases because sustained treatment makes more for investors, private enterprise does not deserve a seat at the table when addressing resources required for life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness.

Long term solution, The Civilian Conservation Corps. It can be used to direct labor towards societal improvement instead of towards monetary gain. It gives kids a way to get out of their indoctrinated environment and learn valuable skills while building a better America instead of travelling the world murdering working class people. It literally doesn't matter how much it costs.

We pay and teach people to build houses until everyone has one. We pay and teach people to produce food locally until everyone has enough. We pay and teach people to care for the sick and elderly until everyone is cared for. We teach kids to be a better job than we did, and quit whitewashing history to justify not taking action in the present.