See the excellent post by Jameel @ Muqata entitled Attitude: the Oleh’s Best Friend. Here he goes through a bunch of examples that describe of how in some ways things are very messed up things are in Israel, while in others, things are getting better. In the end:

The choice to make is this; are you going to have a positive attitude and approach every problem as a challenge? Are you going to view the absorption process with a smile? Are you going to make the best of a difficult situation because we have no real alternative home?

Fixing the problems (or trying to) is the best possible solution — so that Israel will be a better place for our children, and the olim that follow us.

I would add that today, aliyah is not for everyone. If you are looking to come to Israel in order to make the gashmi, physical, day-to-day aspects of life better than they were in the US, then it isn’t for you. In all likelihood, you will not get a better job, salary or house here, gas will cost double, you will have to learn a whole new system, and lots of things just wont make sense.

However, if you would like the chance to perform many important mitzvot, and potentially improve all of the spiritual and religious aspects of your life to an exponential degree, then it might be very well be worth it. Like Jameel said above, it all has to do with your attitude. (And then once you are here, you can help to influence and fixall of the other things in society here that need fixing).