american: Is the American Dream Dead? Maybe, but . . .
- 11/24/12 12:04 AM
A recent survey of college graduates found that 63% of those grads think the American dream is dead, and you know what? They're right. The American dream their parents grew up with, or the one they see on Mad Men and other 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s vintage TV shows is definitely cold in the grave. Ironically, knowing that is good news. The likelihood that they will go to work for a major corporation, spend 30 years there and collect a nice pension and a gold watch at the end is no longer the norm. Actually, it was on life (59 comments)