Is the American dream dead? Have YOU achieved it?

[Kevin Slater]

This forum is for discussing economic issues.  Posts detailing political issues (in the US and elsewhere) have been deleted. And gents, avoid the snark. 

[jeezifonly]

Perhaps we might reconsider consider the weight of the word "Dream" in the phrase.

Lore, slogans and fairy tales tell our dreams can come true.  

If dreams CAN come true, doesn't it also mean that they might not? And might some external forces find that my dream gets in the way of theirs?

[Pepper Young]

I achieved the American Dream by inheriting it from my parents.