The American Standard

It's been said over the years that the American Dream is to own your own house and car and to be able to provide for your family the necessities of life, food - clothing - shelter - health care. This should not be the American Dream - it should be the American Standard.

This country has the potential to provide that standard to MOST of its citizens yet, sadly, it remains only a dream from many. It is not that these people do not work hard - in fact many work several jobs in order to pay their rent and basic expenses. The problem is greed by a few that make prices far higher than they need to be and wages far lower than they should be.

President Obama and the Democrats have been called Socialists because of their attempts to empower the middle class. Meanwhile the Republican Party has made it their primary goal to empower corporations at the expense of the common people. Corporations do not care about your dream of a house or health care - they would prefer to own both and over charge you enough that your American Dream will remain just that - a dream.

If we want the American Dream to be the American Standard - we need to support policies that support the people. That is in fact the Democratic agenda.