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Presents the author's opinion that the U.S. government, in conjunction with public and private sectors, are failing American society by failing the vast majority of America's urban youth. This failure is seen in America's public inner city schools where the numbers of students graduating from high school vs. the number of students dropping out of high school are, at best, one to one. Similar statistics are seen in the City School District of Rochester, New York, where approximately 80% of the dropouts within the City are Black and/or Hispanic school dropouts cannot compete and are trapped in poverty and unemployment, a fact, the average yearly income of a high school dropout is $12,400, compared to $21,000 for a high school graduate and $41,000 for a college graduate.