Los Angeles Times (September 27)
2010/ 09/ 28 by jd in Global News
The American dream —“if you work hard you’ll get ahead” — has inspired individuals around the globe, and in the U.S. “the dream is the glue that keeps us all together.” But the dream is fading. Only half of Americans responded to an ABC News poll by saying they still believe the dream holds true, while 43% said that it had once been true and 4% said it had always been a fiction. The fading of the dream may prove the biggest threat America faces.
Tags: American dream, U.S.