Polls Show Voters Mourn Loss of the American Dream
Posted By: Imright, 11/27/2023 9:04:14 AM
The American dream holds that every citizen of the United States has a fair opportunity to achieve equal measures of success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Intergenerational progress then ensures succeeding generations not only share in that success but build on it and will be better off than their parents. Two polls run counter to that perceived wisdom with more Americans despairing their hard work will deliver less and their children will not be better off than their forebears. The Wall Street Journal asked respondents whether they believe “the American Dream — that if you work hard you’ll get ahead — still holds true.”
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