The American Dream is so misunderstood. People seem to think that the American Dream is dead because they moved here from Mexico or Russia or China or where ever else and their life isn't that much better. They may not have a job, or welfare may not pay all their bills. That's not what the American Dream is. The American Dream was to MAKE a better life for yourself through an OPPORTUNITY given to you by being in a free country. You have to WORK. Create a business, go find a job, earn the money you need to feed your family.
The American Dream is not about moving to America and instantly having a better life.
The American Dream is about having an opportunity to create a better life.
This goes for you "Occupy Wall Street"ers too. Does the economy collapse suck? Absolutely. Is it fair that CEOs got raises larger than what most of us will earn in a lifetime? No. But life isn't fair. Quit sitting around waiting for someone to change things. You're throwing a temper tantrum. "Johnny has all the toys and I don't have any and I don't like that. Make him share." "The Big Four have all the money and I don't have any and I don't like that. Make them share." You don't even have a proposed plan for change, nor do you have specific demands.
Why don't you learn how to save, start a company, and create jobs? Then you're making money, the unemployed get jobs, and we can start healing our country. Instead, you're standing in various cities around the country throwing a temper tantrum reminiscent of a three-year old. Grow up. Take some responsibility for yourself.
By the way, NYC has estimated this has cost them $2mil in overtime for police forces. Guess who's paying for that overtime out of the money they don't have? The 99%.
I'm not part of the 1%. I have student loan debt. I don't like the banks. But I am part of a different 1% (if it's even that big). I'm part of the 1% of this country that has mentally grown up and taken steps to protect myself from these banks. Why don't you go educate yourself on how credit cards and ARMs work instead of standing around, whining? Maybe if you better understood how those worked, you wouldn't be a part of the 99%.
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