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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:27 AM Original message |
Wake up: the American Dream is over |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not sure if it ever did. If you're referring the "rags to riches," |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And I ALWAYS HATED the myth that these cases were common. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You and me both, Hugh! |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The period 1945 to 1970 saw very |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is another right-wing lie... |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. There's no American Dream for us younger people. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. What if people your age got control of the government? |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Its been the American Nightmare for the working class for a long time now. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Agreed |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. The American Dream is all too often exactly that - a dream |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wake up, there never was an American Dream. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Don't forget our freedoms too |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Here here! |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. And, add in the effect of more people NOT having health care coverage |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. One thing's for sure |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Hey, pinko commie |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Pathetic Myth |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I think a lot of people in other countries get their ideas how people |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Leave it to an objective foreign press to state the obvious |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. I believe trickle down economy is a myth |
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