For the same reason they don't want to address the issue of illegal aliens -- too many votes involved.
Medicare and Medicaid make US richclass doctors richer (using US working class tax coffers). Military spending makes US richclass military industrial congressional complex' corporations richer (using US working class tax coffers). Social Security pools (created with US working class earnings) are skimmed by US richclass plutocrats monthly.
As you can see -- there's no reason to make cuts in these programs.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.