i just don't understand

I am not sure if I quite understand Capitalism and the American way.

I understand that it is important to: work hard… strive for better… provide for your family… become educated… define a dream and set out to achieve it…make money, spend some of it/save some of it/ reinvest some of it….pull yourself up from your own bootstraps…pay your fare share of keeping America great…”life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.

What I do not understand is: when work dries up why are you left to fend for yourself…when better is all you want why do you have to make choices between shelter, food or health…when family values are the essence of the American way why are programs for educating youth, working parents, after school activities the first to die the death of lack of funding…dreams are dashed when minimum wage defines just how much glory you can gain…when /making money is only to survive/saving money is not a viable option due to groceries, rent, mortgages, health care/reinvesting money only happens if you are the upper financial echelon of the American economy…when you own no boot to pull yourself up from its strap…paying your fair share gets you less of a share as compared to others who decide they are too rich to pay their share…life is just making it to that night’s sleep, liberty has an expensive price tag, and pursuing happiness has to wait until you pay all the bills.

I don’t understand why Health Care is a for profit business. Why would someone make money on an individual’s life? Why decisions of doctors’ appointments, exams, prescription drugs are even placed as a question; can I pay for it, do I need it, and can it wait?

I don’t understand why nowadays an educated person is considered Un-American? Why is being smart enough to consider consensus, to provide possibilities, to debate decisions considered arrogant, unpatriotic, and wrong?

I don't understand why the men and women who live on Wall Street, never to own a home on Main Street but seem to live on some private road?

I am not sure why Capitalism and the American Way seem only be like a fraternity where you nepotism and influence allow you in the frat house?

Just kind of frustrating, and I am not sure why!