On Moral Superiority

Someone recently asked me what I meant by my statment: "God loves America because we are such good people." She wanted to know, "was that sarcastic or do you truly believe that?"

The statement I made, "God loves America because we are such good people" is a sarcastic take on the famous quote by, Alexis de Tocqueville, a French historian in the 1800's, "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." This implies that America is a morally superior country. My sarcasm would hopefully inspire people to consider the real moral stance and standing of America. And if America appears to be lacking in the realm of morality, my hope is that people would begin taking steps to correct this, and return America to real greatness.

With regards to the treatment of the homeless and poor in the U.S., can America really be considered, "good?"