The "American Dream"????

Mr. Shaman · Sep 25, 2010

Its like the American dream in reverse. Thats how President Barack Obama, ten days after taking office last year, described the plight of Americans hit by the faltering economy. His catchy description fell short the dream has turned into a nightmare for tens of millions.

So much so that an opinion poll this week showed that 43 percent of those surveyed thought that the American Dream is a thing of the past. It once held true but no longer does. Only half the country believes the dream still exists, according to the poll, commissioned by ABC News and Yahoo against a background of dismal statistics on growing poverty, inequality, unemployment, and Americans without health insurance.

Before turning to the gloomy numbers, a brief detour to the meaning of the phrase the American Dream, long a familiar part of the U.S. (and international) lexicon. The survey defined it as if you work hard, you get ahead. Thats neat shorthand for the concept that the American social, economic and political system makes success possible for everyone.

In 2009, the Bureau said, 3.8 million people joined the ranks of the poor by falling below the poverty line, defined by the government as an annual income of below $22,000 for a family of four.

In contrast, the net worth of the 400 richest Americans rose by a healthy eight percent in the year to August, according to a list by the business magazine Forbes published a week after the poverty figures. That perpetuated a rich-poor gap of proportions similar to the 1920s, before the Great Depression. For most of the past four decades, the annual incomes of the bottom 90 percent have changed relatively little while those of the top 1 percent have tripled.

In terms of equitable distribution of income and wealth, the U.S. is closer to Iran, Argentina or Mexico than to Canada or Germany."
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......So, when the high-roller$ CRACK-THEIR-WHIPS....and, tell you 'Baggers to grab your pom-poms and GIT Y'ASS ON OUT THERE 'N DANCE-AROUND to "Allow The Marketplace To Regulate Itself!".....

.....have they (even) mentioned, to you, when it is you might see a lil' compensation for your lil' show??

Tom Clancy · Sep 25, 2010

I wonder how long it actually takes you post with all those fonts and bold words..

Can't you ever post like a normal person?

Charles_Main · Sep 25, 2010

Tom Clancy said: ↑

I wonder how long it actually takes you post with all those fonts and bold words..

Can't you ever post like a normal person?
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That would require being a normal person, and not a delusional Liberal child.

Tank · Sep 25, 2010

White man's greed runs a world in need

Woyzeck · Sep 25, 2010

People still take the phrase 'American Dream' seriously?

How many times through books/movies/music do we have to be reminded it's not what it seems?

Mr. Shaman · Sep 25, 2010

Woyzeck said: ↑

People still take the phrase 'American Dream' seriously?

How many times through books/movies/music do we have to be reminded it's not what it seems?
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....More-often-referred-to as a hu$tle.

skookerasbil · Sep 25, 2010

Tom Clancy said: ↑

I wonder how long it actually takes you post with all those fonts and bold words..

Can't you ever post like a normal person?
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indeed.............highly gay.........

Douger · Sep 25, 2010

America goes from the norte polo to Antarctica.
Until you realize that ? You're a fool

uscitizen · Sep 25, 2010

Damn that Obama is a mighty powerful dude.
Ending Americas dream in a year or so. What a badass.
America's dream must have been awfully flimsy to be whoop assed so easially.

uscitizen · Sep 25, 2010

Douger said: ↑

America goes from the norte polo to Antarctica.
Until you realize that ? You're a fool
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Yep but we USA types are so darned arrogant that we think we are THE Americans.

Pretty funny and a good indicator of arrogance?

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