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A recent poll
showed that more than half of all people in this country don’t believe
that the American dream is real. Fifty-nine percent of those polled in June agreed that “the American dream has become impossible for most people to achieve." More and more Americans believe there is “ not much opportunity” to get ahead.
The public has reached this conclusion for a very simple reason: It’s
true. The key elements of the American dream—a living wage, retirement
security, the opportunity for one's children to get ahead in life—are
now unreachable for all but the wealthiest among us. And it’s getting
worse. As inequality increases, the fundamental elements of the American
dream are becoming increasingly unaffordable for the majority. Here are seven ways the American dream is dying.
1. Most people can’t get ahead financially.
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