What is today's American Dream?

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Vendor

"The Dream is to work, to have a home, to get ahead, you can start as a janitor and become the owner of the building."

As i sit here with my first cup of coffee.... lets see now..

"The dream is to work".
Well, yeah, assuming their's work to be had. Rising unemployment, outsourcing, production and industry jobs have or are going away. What's the unemployment rate now anyway? Even the number cruncher's don't really know for sure. At this point i think the dream here has been reduced to just having a dam paycheck so you don't end up out on the street.

"to have a home"
All i can say to that is, In this F'ing state called california? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAH
As long as i live here, i will NEVER EVER own a home. EVER. Last i bothered to look the bottom range of homes here cost around half a million. Everyones so used to citing the number in hundreds of thousands. I prefer to say it for what it is. HALF A MILLION.


"to get ahead, you can start as a janitor and become the owner of the building."
No, that's not how it works anymore. The day of starting in the mail room, and working your way up the company ladder are long gone. They bring someone in from outside the company. The great part is, it doesnt matter if you've been a loyal employee for 2 months, or 10 years, that newbie manager with a fraction of the time in the company that you do, can fire you if he wants to, for any reason he likes. Hasn't happened to me yet, but i've seen it done, multiple times. How's that action for getting ahead huh?