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Skewed Visions of the American Dream

Skewed Visions of the American Dream

As I watched the speeches at the Democratic and Republican conventions, the idea of the American Dream was inserted into many of the presentations. Yet, the visions of the American Dream were inherently different.

Democratic speakers all discussed how government entitlements formed the foundation of their American Dream. Numerous grants and subsidies all played a key role in the pursuit of their future vocation.

Contrast this to the Republican vision. Speaker after speaker talked about how their ancestors came to the United ...

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Top Job for US Must Be Re-selling American Exceptionalism

Top Job for US Must Be Re-selling American Exceptionalism

The Commerce Department recently released figures that from the start of the 2000s, U.S. multinational corporations added 1.5 million workers to their payrolls in Asia and another 477,500 workers in Latin America (not including Mexico).

At the same time, some 864,000 U.S. jobs were cut.

From 2000 to 2009, U.S. corporations increased employment in Canada by 1.0 million (up 6 percent); in the U.K. by 1.1 million (up 8 percent); in India by 453,000 (up 642 percent); in Brazil by 505,300 (up ...

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