Thank You For The American Dream

Thank You. Thank You for being here. I really appreciate everybody’s presence here tonight. After months of deliberation and anxiety of the future of this country, our country the United States of America, I have come to you today with this important announcement and speech to show how I am that future. I have chosen to make this announcement because I am more confident than ever that despite our troubles, we truly have the power within ourselves to make our time another American century and make this land what it is, the land of opportunity. You know in human history power and wealth belonged only to a few. Most people are trapped by the circumstances of their birth, and destined to live the life their parents lived. But this nation is different because here are the children and the grand-children who …show more content…
My father became a bartender and my mother a cashier and a maid. They never made it big, but they were successful. They were two immigrants with no money nor education, but found stable jobs and gave their children a better life than theirs. My parents achieved the American Dream. The problem now is that American Dream is dead. Now many people doubt whether achieving that goal is possible. Young citizens unable to start a career, business, a family because they owe thousands of dollars on student loans. Why is this happening in a country that is known for its equality of opportunity? It is because our leaders are living in the 20th century. They are looking backwards, therefore they don’t see how jobs today depend on the competition of global economy. They put us in a disadvantage by regulating, taxing, and borrowing. They are looking for yesterday’s answers and don’t know that now jobs require more education and different skills than they used to in the past. The time has come for our generation to influence a new American