The American Dream Shot to Hell...Cynical or Realistic?

The major thing I wanted to discuss in this post is poverty and how much more prevalent it is becoming in our nation because of our economy and the debt we have as a country. I was watching Oprah yesterday and there was a show on a family who looked like you or I and they were recently homeless. There was three kids in the family, along with a single mom. The fact that they looked so normal really frightened me. They were a family who didn't have anywhere to go but a shelter at night, and their sense of helplessness really exemplified the state of our country. My dad has told me countless times how many emails he gets from friends he used to work with, fully capable, smart people, who recently got laid off simply because there wasn't enough revenue to pay them. He has had to lay off his employees as well. There are so many jobless men and women being led into poverty. Ms. Logan said the other day that the typical American Dream, that is, that a persons child will have a better life than them, is no longer existent in our culture. It is just not possible with the amount of debt we will be inheriting for our country. All I hear on the news regarding the market is "12-year low" and "lowest since...." because nothing has worked to help the circumstances. In a time where we are learning about privilege and poverty, it seems fitting to talk about on side of that spectrum and how it was been affecting the United States.