I had the pleasure of reading an opinion article published on September 27th by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine.(sarcasm) In her article, she expresses her idea that what America needs in order to salvage and recover from our current recession is "a movement to reclaim the American Dream".
I feel as though her efforts to invoke some sort of spirit to rally together against the government only make her look like a naive socialist. She doesn't use any effective evidence to support her argument that this is the solution to our economic problem. I respect the author for trying to inspire the audience, but in reality, a progressive movement led by Obama was what brought us to our current state. She fails to mention that we have a gazillion defecits coming from Obama, yet 1 out of 6 of us are drowning in poverty and it was "done to them". Her blame on the extremely rich for our poor economy comes off as immature.
The modern day American Dream isn't just about staying afloat; it's about buying things we think we need, despite whether we can afford it or not. We've handed out enough money and not enough encouragement to simply work hard and spend wisely. As ideal as it may sound that everyone gets a fair wage and a nice home and so forth, the reality is that this will never happen. Katrina lives in a progressive dream world and not trying to be brash or anything, but she needs to wake up.
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