How can it be dead?
How can the American Dream be dead? A crazy proportion of Millionairs in America are first generation millionairs. My family moved to Wyoming pretty broke when their was a poor economy in 1980. We lived modestly, were never close to hungry but we had used cars etc. I was in the 6th grade. My parents retired as multi millionaires through their own hard work and investing (some in the market, some in land development etc). I paid my own way through college as a single parent (definitely not the easy way to do it) and I paid my own through life. I received some baby sitting from my parents when I went to work after college. They both worked so it wasn't free day care, but they helped. I paid my own way for my own food, home, cars, day care, entertainment etc. Unless I die early, I will retire in the same fashion through different methods. My sons are in good paying jobs and taking the steps through investing and hard work to follow a similar path, in entirely different career fields, and are doing it on their own. I have not co-signed a loaned, paid a car payment etc for any of them. My daughter is going to college to be a lawyer in 1.5 years. Who knows how long that will be plan, or how she will turn out etc. The point is that through their own hard work and planning I witness people every day living the dream and creating their own life. Does everyone have it easy, pre-scripted and all planned out... no. But everyone does have that opportunity to pursue it and earn it. Those who don't believe it is still alive often fall in the 'victim' category and want to blame something, or someone for it being hard.
I can tell you one thing that will kill the American Dream and that is socialism, or taking from someone who earns it to provide for those who don't.
How can the American Dream be dead? A crazy proportion of Millionairs in America are first generation millionairs. My family moved to Wyoming pretty broke when their was a poor economy in 1980. We lived modestly, were never close to hungry but we had used cars etc. I was in the 6th grade. My parents retired as multi millionaires through their own hard work and investing (some in the market, some in land development etc). I paid my own way through college as a single parent (definitely not the easy way to do it) and I paid my own through life. I received some baby sitting from my parents when I went to work after college. They both worked so it wasn't free day care, but they helped. I paid my own way for my own food, home, cars, day care, entertainment etc. Unless I die early, I will retire in the same fashion through different methods. My sons are in good paying jobs and taking the steps through investing and hard work to follow a similar path, in entirely different career fields, and are doing it on their own. I have not co-signed a loaned, paid a car payment etc for any of them. My daughter is going to college to be a lawyer in 1.5 years. Who knows how long that will be plan, or how she will turn out etc. The point is that through their own hard work and planning I witness people every day living the dream and creating their own life. Does everyone have it easy, pre-scripted and all planned out... no. But everyone does have that opportunity to pursue it and earn it. Those who don't believe it is still alive often fall in the 'victim' category and want to blame something, or someone for it being hard.
I can tell you one thing that will kill the American Dream and that is socialism, or taking from someone who earns it to provide for those who don't.