Friedman helped spread neoliberalism and assisted Pinochet. It's a catastrophe most Americans don't know anything about the history of the US other than the sugarcoated versions.
If you believe all of your statement below, you're a victim of the neoliberalist propaganda or can't see the bigger picture. We live in an oligarchic world. Money is available when the rich decide to spend to it via "job creation", there aren't enough jobs for everyone, and we're all owned by the few monopolies the US government works for. It's up to you to be aware of it or be enslaved by it.
"The left has always been those that believe in creating freedoms that don't exist. Freedom of having money. Freedom of having sex and not get sick or pregnant. Freedom of not facing the consequences of your actions. Freedom of not working and eating every day. The freedom of owning a person."