The American Dream Is Broken Analysis

The American Dream is not just for the rich and well fed. America was set up to help everyone but yet it is leaving people out of achieving it. We need to stop worrying about the luxuries of this country and start focusing on the fact that we have millions of people living on the streets. Homelessness is a huge problem that is going on in our country. Millions of people go day by day just trying to get by,
Many humans go day in and day out with a home to live in, or food to eat. The fact that humans are striving to survive but no one is there to help them, is so unhuman and totally against what the American Dream stands for. Higher authorities such as Obama once said that he is going to “help the middle class families and families that are
They are wanting a job, but are starting to give up hope in finding a job. However, each week that they do not look for a job they are making it harder to ever find a job. This will result in a permanent state of homelessness. In the article, “Promise of the American Dream is broken” Travis Smiley stated that the “U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%.”. This is showing the lack of motivation of finding a job and each year it will keep going down. Seeing the unemployment rate go down each year should be an eye opener for some people. Some workers’ wages drop overnight, smiley was telling a story of 54-year-old women named Joann Cotton, she used to make $60,000 a year and then overnight she is making less than $15,000. Joann Cotton husband is disabled and needs medicines they cannot afford anymore. She now has to rely on food stamps, and also is having a very hard time finding a new job. People should not have to live like this, it’s not a successful way to live. Smiley also talks about how work places are wanting to hire young candidates at low wages. Companies are not wanting to pay their workers a fair amount, which is
While the CEO’s are getting paid millions. These employees work too hard and too long to get only get paid $7.25 an hour. How are you supposed to be able to support your families or even yourself when you are only make $7.25 an hour? In an article called, “pursuing the American Dream from a Brooklyn Homeless Shelter” Letitia James writes about a woman named Pamela Flood and the struggles she goes through each and every day. Flood w4,.orks two minimum wage jobs, goes to college and needs to take care of her three children. Also Flood and her family are living in a homeless shelter. “Multi-billion dollar fast food restaurants in low-to-middle income communities need to be held accountable for the way they treat their