Do you harbor the American Dream? Do you believe you live in a golden land of opportunity? Do you know in your heart that your family will grow and prosper in a stable world and that your children will have a better life than you, just as your life has been better than your parents and theirs was much better than their parents before them?
I do, but according to John Zogby, I am part of a shrinking demographic:
Fewer Believe In the American Dream Today
What may be the most chilling thought from that piece is that the electorate which embraced the Messiah in 2008 comprised a preponderance of those who despair of a better life for their families. Is this the sort of fertile ground that spread beneath the feat of Lenin?
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When people are looking to Government to be their Nanny this is what happens, we have a whole generation or so of people who don't know how to do anything for themselves.
I'm still clinging to the hope that it's fertile ground for true conservatism.
I've very little hope...
Then friends text that their son took #1 in 4H in pistol - and a small flame of hope flickers.
That generation - it may be able to unwind this mess. If we can just hold it all together.
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