For some the “American Dream” used to mean a house, 2.5 kids and a picket fence. But for many Americans, that house is getting foreclosed upon, the kids are going to underperforming schools and they know they have to repaint the fence, but they’d rather save than spend right now…
So what’s your own sense of the “American Dream” and how, if at all, is the recession changing it?
And in case you’re wondering, the term isn’t that old — it was coined in 1931 in a book by James Truslow Adams. Heard of him? Maybe not, but the idea sure caught on… Is his definition your definition? And does it need to change in light of this gem of an economic mess we find ourselves in?
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My American Dream: To be paid a decent wage for what I love to do and am skilled at (I’m an artist and have been working as an artist for over 40 years - and have endured, as did my parents before me who were artists by trade, the ongoing fallacious reasoning that ‘bread’ is worth $ but ‘roses’ are not), to have good health care, to live and work in a house big enough to contain my studio, and to be appreciated for the work I do and contributions I make as an artist. Overall, my biggest dream is that health care is not my biggest worry and concern.