Politics: The War on the American Dream
I guess I've written about it so many times, here and semi-professionally, that I've never really thought of it in the macro sense, but what is happening here is the Bush Administration's war on the American dream.
Think about it. In the most comprehensive way, the American dream is this series of chapters in the American life: going to college; speaking your mind and exercising your independence; buying a house; the immigrant working his way into a real life; the struggling family getting a tax break; and on and on.
The biggest tax cut in history? Great for the CEO's American dream, but not the regular family.
The assault on libraries and liberties in the Patriot Act.
The attack on education in America with the criminal underfunding of the so-called "No Child Left Behind" act, especially through the bankrupting of states via that tax cut.
The assault on higher education for students from outside the United States.
But here it is in a nutshell. Pizza delivery guy gets arrested weeks after 9/11 for taking a picture while hiking in the woods, and remains in jail, awaiting deportation. So much for making a life in these United States.
I guess I've written about it so many times, here and semi-professionally, that I've never really thought of it in the macro sense, but what is happening here is the Bush Administration's war on the American dream.
Think about it. In the most comprehensive way, the American dream is this series of chapters in the American life: going to college; speaking your mind and exercising your independence; buying a house; the immigrant working his way into a real life; the struggling family getting a tax break; and on and on.
The biggest tax cut in history? Great for the CEO's American dream, but not the regular family.
The assault on libraries and liberties in the Patriot Act.
The attack on education in America with the criminal underfunding of the so-called "No Child Left Behind" act, especially through the bankrupting of states via that tax cut.
The assault on higher education for students from outside the United States.
But here it is in a nutshell. Pizza delivery guy gets arrested weeks after 9/11 for taking a picture while hiking in the woods, and remains in jail, awaiting deportation. So much for making a life in these United States.
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