A UN report says that Republicans are deliberately trying to increase inequality and poverty in the US.

When US children grow up in poverty, it is nearly impossible for them to escape poverty, now that the government no longer offers much help.

I think the underlying reason for this is that American rich consider most Americans superfluous as workers, and would rather eradicate them than allow them any hope. The plan is to turn them against each other based on various kinds of racial, ethnic or gender groupings.