| The American Dream |
American Dream
In my childhood it was
stated this way — "The American Dream is the
freedom that allows all citizens
...of the United States to
pursue their goals in life
through hard work and free
choice ...gaining through
ability rather than social
status...
...achieving a state of
freedom from money and social
structure. ...The Founding
Fathers used the phrase, "life,
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness." it began as the
opportunity to achieve greater
material prosperity than was
possible in their countries of
origin.
...the opportunity for their
children to grow up and
receive an education and its
consequent career opportunities.
It is the opportunity to make
individual choices without
the restrictions of class,
caste, religion, race, or ethnic
group."
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| The American
Dream allowed
Lord Obama to
rise from
an obscure birth
in Honolulu to
become a Harvard
lawyer |
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream] |
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| "life, liberty,
and the pursuit of
happiness." |
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The American Nightmare |
American
Nightmare
"The American
Dream is a house, your own house
with a white picket fence around
it. You don't need
education or a degree or
anything. All you need
is credit so you can buy
anything you want.
The
American Nightmare is a
house
with no
money
down.
You
can just
borrow
your way
into the
middle
class
and make
money
hand
over
fist
without
doing
anything
because
housing
will
keep
going up
and up
and up!
Home
prices are going
sky high so it doesn't
matter what you pay
because you can keep
refinancing every few
years like your house is
a giant ATM machine to
let you buy plasma
screen TVs, and cars,
and take vacations.
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| The moron's dream house is a jail cell where they are incarcerated with a 30-year mortgage. |
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You
never have to pay
back the loans because
home values will just keep
going up and up!
You can
refinance every
few years..." |
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| Morons work
like ants to pay
their mortgages
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breathing
exhaust fumes
every day... |
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(above) The American Nightmare
as seen by a bank evicted home
buyer, now homeless.
(below) The American Nightmare
of suburban sprawl. |
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