The American Dream Obstacles

The American Dream is a desirable aspiration by many who immigrated to America in the hope to seek success and opportunities. Although, many fail to realize that with big aspirations comes obstacles that includes financial problems, doubts, and misconceptions. These drawbacks and challenges surprisingly resulted from us. Yes, there may be solutions to decrease these obstacles, but not permanently. Jobs are progressively getting harder to obtain which results in Americans getting lazier and doubtful. In the results from an article by CBS Contributors [Who Lives the American Dream?], published on May 4, 2009, exemplifies that “44% of Americans have reached their American Dreams. While the other 56% said they’ll reach it in their lifetime; or

Getting a job that has good benefits (health insurance, retirement investment plans, and tuition reimbursement) is hardly seen in today’s society. In an article [The American Dream is getting harder and harder to achieve], published by Blue Nation Review on July 6, 2014, goes over financial problems Americans deal with and how jobs “no longer offers the financial stability how it used to”(BNR). For example, if an individual brings home a small income; less than $50,000 annually, they would feel that they won’t be able to make enough money, which results in the less certainty of living the American Dream. With the rise of taxes, our incomes fluctuate at different levels taking more out of our checks; thus giving us hardships and

To begin with, the American Dream was way easier to achieve a couple decades ago. Basically, all you needed back then was a college degree “to increase your chances of achieving your dreams” (Forbes 400). However, present-day, the American Dream is now different. There are different approaches individuals must take in order to understand how to grasp onto the American Dream. In Glenn Llopis’s article [Why Most People Will Never Achieve The American Dream], published September 3, 2012, he gives us 3 factors we must be aware about in order to achieve the many aspirations Americans seek. The first key point the writer states is “to build trust” (Forbes 400). When putting trust into your American Dream, you’re helping yourself bring those dreams into reality. Secondly, you must “create meaningful relationships” (Forbes 400). Building relationships with other people who can help you physically or financially will help pull off in the long run. For example, if you know someone who does mechanics, they can help you fix your car for a lower price. Briefly, having connections with people can help make one's life easier by saving them money, and having reliable people to count on. Moving on to the third factor, the author also addresses that you need “an almost flawless track-record to be considered for a loan/investment” (Forbes 400). To put it in another way,