The American Dream
of House, Cars, College, Career
American Burden
It happened before my very eyes.
My oldest brother got a job right out of college and worked for that company for the next 40 years.
Now retired, owns his home and works in his garden.
The American Dream.
I have worked for the same company for 20 years but never a day passes that I don’t worry about the job being eliminated and I find myself having been made redundant.
I look forward to a future funded by my Social Security benefits and a plan to cook at the nearest Waffle House 3 days a week.
For my kids? Welllllll . . .
Over the last 40 years wages have stagnated in real terms while the price of college has risen eight times as fast and the price of health insurance has also outpaced earnings.
If I want to worry I think about the future.
If I really want to worry I think about my kids future.
I understand that the American Dream couldn’t last.
That it had to change.
Did it have to become a nightmare?
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