http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tiziana-dearing/us-wealth-gap_b_1093582.html
"Where Is the American Dream Today?"
A very good heading and question, in my opinion. So, where is this dream? Is it even still alive?
Well, according to Tiziana Dearing, it still is. This dream, though, is in danger of dying and that is because of poverty. This online newspaper article talked about hoe poverty has been increasing. We may try to seem hopeful and say that things will get back to normal soon, but the reality is that it will take even more years to get back on track even after the recession is finally over.
According to Fareed Zakaria, it will take about five YEARS for the economy to fully recover. Five years until people get back their jobs. And until those five years get here, what will happen to those without jobs? Poverty is going to hit those people and their family and that is what is destroying the american dream.
What is it that people look for in the american dream? Maybe a house of their own, happiness, and financial backup just to have a worry-free life. Well, i doubt that people in poverty have their own house and financial backup. Yes, they may have happiness, but it must be constantly invaded and interrupted by the worries of money and how they will get it to feed their family members. Yeah, that doesn't sound like a Dream I want to be in.
That is why we have to keep on working on this dream to improve it. The problem is, though, that this dream is based on economy and if our economy keeps on going like it's going right now, that American Dream will soon be just that, a dream that will never be.
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