or at least pursue them. when we talk about access to higher education, good public education, being able to work at a job that pays a county wage those are fundamental to the success of america and americans. sometimes i feel as though we have forgotten that we have to keep building and taking care of that infrastructure of opportunity if future generations of americans are going to be able to rise up socioeconomically. that includes not only minorities but all americans. the president likes to say that his policies, if any, help all americans. they are also going to help people at the lower end of the scale, african-americans, latinos. my sense is that is probably not enough today. maybe he needs to address the kinds of things you talk about in the time magazine article and the things the congressman