Is The American Dream Still Possible Summary

In a survey done to initiate financial outlooks of middle-income Americans, David Wallechinsky from the article “Is the American Dream Still Possible” identified, “66% say they tend to live from paycheck to paycheck. . . 83% say that there is not much money left to say after they have paid their bills” (Wallechinsky 3). This survey is justifying that there is barely any money left for more than half of Americans do something extra at least once a week, that doesn’t include dinner for families. People are lucky that putting dinner on the table for families once a week is doable. In spite of select Americans being under the impression that America does provide access to the American Dream because people cannot afford to live comfortably since

The current generation says that their American Dream is to be rich, have a big house, expensive cars, top of the line items. What about a career that an American loves and wants to attend every day, being able to support a beautiful elated family, or a healthy way of life? Robin Fretwell Wilson, a debater from “New York Times Room For Debate: Is the Modern American Dream Attainable?” stated, “Ask them [young people] why they cannot marry first, they say the need financial security first- to finish school, to pay-off spiraling debt, get that big job. . .” (Wilson 1). Robin Fretwell Wilson is demonstrating that the first thoughts of a young adult are to be financially successful, clarifying that the money made is most important before anything else the future may hold for an American. Robin Fretwell Wilson also depicts, “. . . Work gives men self-respect, put their economic houses in order, makes them attractive potential husbands” (Wilson 1). This portrays that it may not be a horrible thing that men intend on having a career to make money put before anything else in the life ahead of the person because it shows that a man has intentions to be successful, that the man has potential and possibly contemplating being profitable for the family the American plans to