Letter: The United States is falling behind

Politicians, don’t you realize that the rest of the world is progressing into the 21st century, while the United States is stagnating.The rest of the industrial countries have some form of universal health care. They have developed safety nets for their elderly and infirm, while we chip away at our safety net programs. Those countries also have longer life spans than we do.They are developing modern, high speed transportation and support facilities, while we have progressively deterioratin