The politics of the American dream

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The American dream is not a myth or a fantasy it is a reality.

The American dream is striving for that perfect place you want to be.

The American dream is hard work.

The American dream is not handed to you by the government.

The American dream is trial and error

The American dream is being free to fail or succeed.

There are two ways to get your American dream. The first is to earn it through blood, sweat and extremely hard work. The second is to steal it from others. The first one works 70% of the time the second one never works out in the long run.

 

The fantasy is that achieving the American dream is easy. From the outside looking the guy that makes it did it with no effort at all. Take Tiger Woods for example. He was an overnight success. He turned 18 won the Masters and 200 million dollars a year in endorsements. It only took him 15 years of hard work to be an overnight success.

The reality is to be a success you have to fail most of the time. You have to risk it all. When Thomas Edison was praised for the light bulb after over 10,000 failures he said, “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work”. He kept plugging away at it until he found the right combination to success. He did not ask for congress to bail him out he just kept working until he got what he wanted.

 

This is the American dream; you keep working at it until you get what you want. My dream is to own a hotel on the beach. All I need is 50 million dollars to get me started. I have not succeeded yet but I am only in my 50’s and will keep working at it. Until then I will keep running my three businesses and work for the government.

 

Don’t let idiots talk you out of your dream. Your dream may be to own a gas station, or a carwash. I have owned both and would not work those jobs again but if that is your dream go for it. If it is what you love to do you can make money at it. The secret to success is not cheating people it is being fair and honest and hard work, nothing else has ever worked.

 

Politicians will lie to you and tell you that if you elect them they will help you realize your dream. All they are doing is conning you into making their dream come true. You and only you can make it happen. Don’t rely on the government to help you. Look at GM, they asked for a little bit of help and it destroyed the company. Ford motor company asked for help, they saw what was coming and changed their mind. Ford may have some difficulty for a bit but they are still free to work unlike the workers at GM that are going to get screwed.

 

Don’t give the government your dream to fulfill, they won’t because they can’t.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

I have a dream!

what is yours?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

To take back America! 

If we want it, we have to fight for it.  The enemy is now within not without. 

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

The reality is to be a success you have to fail most of the time. You have to risk it all.
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Like the bankers did?

You don't have to 'risk it all' to be successful and you don't have to fail much either - you can play it safe and be a success, and you can risk it all and be a failure. Risking it all makes it easier to achieve 'great success' (if measured by money), but also makes it easier to achieve great failure. I prefer the considered approach, taking into account your individual circumstances, the cost of failure against the benefit of success, the relevant likelihoods, and then opting for the best course of action (which in my case is comfortably realising 'modest success' rather than a chance at massive success with a corresponding high likelihood of failure).

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Like the bankers did?
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The bankers did not risk anything. The laws were written in such a way that the Federal government would back all the paper Fannie and Freddie wrote. It was guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Then the same people that wrote the laws said they would not back the bad paper. Just like they did to social Security 40 years ago when they took one trillion dollars out of the fund and promised to pay it back. When the time came to pay it back they said Social Security was in crisis, we need to raise taxes to pay it off and it will go bankrupt in less than 10 years. There was no real risk if the Congress kept their word but like most liberals their word is only good until it stops echoing off the walls once it is given.

Again to restate the obvious. The Congress promised to back the bad loans, then reneged and blamed the banks for believing the Congress.  Yes, it was stupid to trust the government when liberals are in charge but who would believe that they would break their word twice in a row. With no confidence in the government banks began to get very weak. The liberals blamed the banks for making bad loans, yet the law says if they did not make the bad loans that the Congress would shut down the banks for racism. The real problem is that the Congress makes the laws and they have no idea how business should be run.

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

The bankers did not risk anything
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Right, they were the model examples of non-risk takers :rofl: .

If bankers didn't risk anything, why have they lost so much? Since they have lost things (many have lost their jobs and/or bonuses) from problems resulting from their own actions, they have clearly taken risks.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

If bankers didn't risk anything, why have they lost so much? Since they have lost things (many have lost their jobs and/or bonuses) from problems resulting from their own actions, they have clearly taken risks.
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They were led by our government to believe (and in many cases, required to believe) that the risks were acceptable and 'covered' by a safety net.  If that had not been the case, then I'd be with you that they got their just desserts.  In point of fact, however, the ones who suffered were not the ones who wrote the rules (no surprise there).

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

In point of fact, however, the ones who suffered were not the ones who wrote the rules (no surprise there).
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D, wait till the electionns. I am hoping for change!