The American dream is a concept that nearly all of us have been raised with — the belief that anyone in the U.S. regardless of background can achieve success, prosperity and upward mobility through hard work, determination and initiative. Over the past 40 years or so that dream has taken quite a beating at the hands of both political parties, resulting in that the current generation of young Americans will not improve their lives greater than their parents did.
Events that have diminished that dream include:
To restore the American dream, we need to return to the concept that all can have the same opportunities.
This can be done by the leveling of the playing field and returning our systems to world-class status with breaking up the oligarchies and monopolies, implementing universal single-payer healthcare, restructuring our tax system so that the wealthy contribute their share, removal of financial incentives to commoditize all assets, and restore our educational system so that young people will be properly prepared to face the world when their time comes.
Daniel Herbert-Voss, White City
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