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To paraphrase a Dilbert cartoon. The American Dream of unending wealth by hard work and self improvement is usually achieved just before dropping dead of a stress based disease.
The American Dream of living off family wealth is being achieved by a small proportion of this generation. They pay politicians well to keep the gravy train from being derailed by anything like military spending cuts or, horrors, a real progressive income tax. These people are the real welfare class in our world.
"Income inequality" is a canard that the liberal establishment has created in order to further their redistributionist, anti-capitalist agenda, called "progressivism."
Real income inequality is a naturally occurring phenomenon that results when some people strive harder than others to improve their standard of living, making a better life for themselves and their families, and achieve their personal goals, and whatever they define for themselves as "financial security," and independence.
Some people are achievers. Others are not. Achievers are driven. They set goals and they strive to meet them. Some, because of natural ability and higher educational achievement, excell, and therefore advance in their careers to ever higher positions, and earnings. This is not greed. It is the reward for hard work and dedication to ones job.
The capitalist system champions individualism and personal achievement. It rewards those who work. It is moral and it is just. By it's very nature, it benefits others through the economic growth of the whole community, and through the products and services it creates.
The profit motive, the hallmark of capitalism, is moral and right. In and of itself, it is not greed. It is the impetus behind the development of a product or service. It is for profit that products and services are developed, and the success of such product or service is dependent on how it benefits the lives of others. If there is no public good, there will be no profit. If there is no profit, the venture fails.
As used by Progressives, the term "income inequality" is specious. It is fraudulently based on a false premise.
The American Dream is being in control of your own destiny; determining your own future, pursuing happiness, unimpeaded by excessive government regulation and restrictions on freedom.
Who stole the American Dream? Progressives, and government under the control of Progressives and the ideology it represents.
Nice copy and paste job. No doubt from some conservative blog from somewhere.
I went to see Hedrick Smith today; a keynote address. The place was PACKED, overflowing, and it was an amazing, intelligent discourse on the corporate powers and their attack on American democracy.
American Dream seems pretty healthy too me: most of my colleagues, acquaintances and I enjoy decent jobs, places to live, enough things to do, and are generally happy. Not really sure what else I want right now...maybe better weather?
"You are what you think you are."
As I look back over my life, I realized one thing.
I never thought of failure, even though I've changed careers (always sales related) four times.
Surround yourself with positive, successful people.
Who "stole" the American Dream? Illegal aliens that's who.
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