Is The American Dream Still Possible Analysis

Immigrants from all over the world come to America with the intention of living a better life than how they lived in their home country. There are many success stories, but is that how it is today? Wallechinsky’s article “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” emphasizes how the American Dream is harder to achieve today due to prices rising, smaller wages for employees, and less benefits. To begin with, the American Dream is harder to achieve because prices continue to rise in the U.S. According to the article, “American businesses make decisions based on what is best for their shareholders and investors, not what’s best for their employees” This quote clearly explains that American businesses make decisions for their shareholders and investors,
According to the article, “Half of the employed respondents say that they’ve experienced either increased health-care costs or a cut in health benefits. . .” (6). This once again leaves employees with less to work with because they have to deal with rising prices, cuts in their wages, and now even a reduction in their benefits. The amount of money they will have leftover won’t be sufficient enough to go into their retirement or savings. If something happens to them such as getting laid off then they are gonna be stuck in a tight place because they have been living from paycheck to paycheck and they won’t have enough money to get them back on their feet. In conclusion, the article “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” by Wallechinsky shows how the American Dream is harder to achieve as time passes on because people have to keep up with the demands of the country while getting less in return from their jobs. Although the survey size isn’t a good representation of American demographics, it still brings up a huge problem in the United States. It opens up the reality of America and how it has changed from its