2007-03-30 12:38:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I'm still working on mine. It's slow going. But I'm getting there.
2007-03-30 14:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Family is the next cornerstone of the American dream. President Reagan once said, “It is our families, not our government, that can best nurture our children, care for our elderly, perpetuate our values, and preserve our heritage.” Strong families make strong nations. And let me tell you, since becoming a father 5 years ago, I have learned, with no apologies to Senator Clinton, it takes a family to raise a child, not a village. I was taught by my parents to work hard, love the Lord, and to dream big dreams, because by the grace of God, I was born an American. And my wife and I are working to raise our 2 children in the same fashion.
The third cornerstone of the American Dream is Free Enterprise. Winston Churchill once said, “Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is - the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.”
We know that free enterprise is all about rolling up your sleeves, working hard, risking your savings, and perhaps one day starting your own business - to compete, to succeed, or even fail, all based on your own merits. It also includes your neighbor’s right to choose what they buy in a competitive market place – regardless of whether that competition comes from the next company, the next county or the next country. It gives us real jobs, with real futures. And as history as my witness, there has never been a more successful housing program, health care program, or nutrition program than the American free enterprise system.
Freedom is the final – and most unique – cornerstone of the American dream. Nowhere in time and space have human beings found more freedom and enjoyed it more abundantly than in America. Generations of our forefathers have taken up arms, fought for it, and found it worthy of the sacrifice of their very lives. Freedom has allowed us to be limited only by the size of our dreams. And even today, Americans continue to dream big dreams. With our firm resolve and the grace of the Almighty, may it always be so. Somewhere over in Baghdad right now is a brave soldier who is tired. He’s about to search another safe house for a terrorist insurgent. He is resolute, he has dirt on his face. He carries a picture of his family. They pray for him every day. But you know what? He volunteered. He loves America. He loves his freedom. And he fights for the freedom he has enjoyed to be passed on to his children.
2007-03-30 13:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by Zoe 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not if you think like I do that the
American dream is the opportunity to pursue a future of your own creating where you have choice, can own property and keep what you earn.
Too many just want handouts.
A Socialist system is being promoted where you can goof off and be guaranteed you will get free handouts if you fail and the government will take from those who succeed and give it to those who don't care to work.
2007-03-30 12:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by Philip H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You mean, where everyone lives free and equal lives? Where everyone is prosperous? I think the idea of an "American Dream" we should live up to is silly. Actually, the idea began around the time when black people were segregated from white people. Ironic, huh?
And to the guy who answered right above me, Americans can survive in other countries. I survived in Greece, France, Germany, and Croatia. There's freedom of speech in Greece, and I wasn't killed there.
2007-03-30 12:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by justagirl 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
there is no such thing. america is full of lies, ignorance, racism, monopolistic power. no one understands eachother here. there are groups against other groups. if there is any dreaming in this country it would be a nightmare. what this country needs is god. ppl getting killed in the war and children with no fathers wifes with no husbands and parents with no children. its not so much an American dream. its more like a dream for a better life in the world!!!
2007-03-30 14:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by JV 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes. most people have the american dream like a car, house, and family.
2007-03-30 12:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by sellatieeat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American dream is dead.
2007-03-30 13:57:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's dying. But in any event, it was a dream Americans dreamed to achieve. It wasn't a 'come and get it' advertisment for the rest of the world to ignore our determinations of capacity to come and take from us.
2007-03-30 12:41:19 · answer #8 · answered by DAR 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Unless your an immigrant or willing to do something illegal, its dead. Large companies and the politicians they own prevent small businesses from surviving. Immigrants maybe able to build their own small business by filling a missing nitch in their community, but for the average joe, its hard. It is said, that India is the new America.
2007-03-30 12:54:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a GREAT dream at one time. Do I think it still exists today? NO.
2007-03-30 12:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's still alive in the immagrants but the native born citizens are losing there belive in it because there already living it! To have a home,money; they all have it.
2007-03-30 13:10:25 · answer #11 · answered by albinomexicanwhiteguy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋