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Dead,in the ground all of our hard work has been shot down. Hard earned money spent on overpriced food, hospital bills, gasoline , house payments and other living costs. Now wait a minute what about the American dream. What about it, all it is, is a waste of Americans time and money. All of that daydreaming for nothing. All the American dream is , is a way for the government to get more money. Let's face it the American dream is dead!! It's gone.

Everywhere money is spent. Clothes,gas,food,car expenses, house expenses and others. It is hard enough to just get by as a family now days with the prices going through the roof. Now there is the american dream it is

basically the dream that american's have that they want to have alot of money retire and have plenty of money for their kids to grow up nicely. This so called American Dream costs 130,000 dollars for a family of four to be living it.he American Dream is too expensive and is a waste of American's dreams and time. It is dead, in the ground, and completely vanished.

To wrap things up the American dream is a waste if time and dreams. People should not waste their time thinking about this dream and they should just worry about taking care of their family. The American dream has deceased.

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The life of fast cars, ginormous mansions, and billions of dollars in a bank or under a rug. This life is called the American Dream. The American Dream is when people achieve there dreams in the United States but it is unachievable due to expenses in life.

In the article “Price Tags for the American Dream” by Howard R. Gold. Howard is the author of the article. Back to the article, there is a graphic organizer that states “Total income needed to live the American Dream $130,357” this is a lot of money for a family of four with a average income. The Organizer also includes the essentials, Extras like restaurants and entertainment and taxes/savings.

There are still people who think that the dream is dead but due to the evidence it appears dead. So at the end of it’s tale, the American Dream is dead and it will never come back.

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The Dream, the money, the car, the house, the food, everything you could imagine. This is the American dream, but as it sounds very nice and looks friendly you look at the expenses and tell yourself that this is unachievable.

Even though we can donate time and money to make the dream seem available to children as Colin Powell stated, the dream is just a hope that will never happen. The American dream may be alive to some citizens, but in reality it is dead due to its expenses. For an average house hold of four it will cost them around $130,000 a year as “most families cannot afford this. As stated in Source 2 "1 in 8 American households live through this expensive dream. You may still think the dream is alive but in all reality it’s dead.

The dream that people want desperately is no longer available as its expenses are to high and the economy is crashing. The Dream itself may no longer exists anymore for people have given up.

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Th American dream

As the curtain falls on this once vivid dream, as the curtain falls on hope itself, as the curtain falls and dreams are crushed we realize, The American dream is dead. The dream of a good house, a sweet car, a well paying job, and nice famaily. It wasn't purfect but, it was our dream. And now it's gone. Destroyed by greedy human ambitions and price tags. Like a star in the night, the American dream is simply just out of our reach.

Although some like Colin Powell belive coming together we can bring back this dream from the grave. But is that really possible? With the price tag of 130,000 for a average family of 4, The American dream is just as hard as wining the lottery... if not, harder. According to Price tag of the American dream, " Only 16 million U.S. households — around 1 in 8 — earned that much in 2013, according to s that living the American dream would cost the average family of four about $130,000 a the U.S. Census Bureau." And soon only 1 in a million will be able to live this American dream. But what happens to a dead dream? Like the great American poet, Langston Hughes said "Does it (The Dream) dry up like a raisin in the sun, or fester like a sore and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat or crust and sugar over like syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags, like a heavy load. Or, does it explode?"... Even Colin Powell knew this sad but unavoidable truth.

But who is to blame for the death of the American dream? Is it simply the price of it or is it the laziness of the people today? is it the cruelty of society or the greed of mankind. Could it be the corruption of the government or the mistakes of that ever human makes? or could it even be the Illuminati lurking in the shadow? What ever the reason one thing is for sure: The American dream has took it's finale "breath"

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~The American Dream~

Imagine the nervous feeling you get when playing the lotto
hoping to win the most amount possible. The problem is also knowing it’s a 1 in
a million chance that you might actually win. Well that's just like the
American dream. People every day have false hope that they will have a good
shot at living like a Hollywood star. But this dream is simply a lie due to the
humongous cost.

To start
with many people still think that the American Dream is achievable with hard
work. But the truth is it’s not that easy. Acceding to Howard Gold a survey was
conducted by the Brookings Institution revealed that the Dream was “Harder to
Achieve.” So what makes this dream so far out of reach? According to U.S census
that was taken in 2013 it states that “Only 16million households 1 in 8 earned
that much.” Showing that people won’t ever reach the American dream,

In conclusion the American Dream is dead because of all
the expense it takes and the missed opportunities of many people in achieving
the Dream

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Imagine an easy life full with everything you need and your wants. Well it’s not going to happen the American dream is dead and not able to be accomplished. It’s too hard and too much money. The American dream is dead and not able to be accomplished.

The American Dream, as many people that want to accomplish it, it won’t be possible. Here are some of the facts explaining why the American Dream isn’t achievable. According to Howard Gold, a survey conducted by the Brooking Institution revealed that the dream was “harder to achieve.” People now can’t really can’t afford all that money and they barely buy food or clothes with the money they make. In source 2 it says “AAA estimated it would cost $11,039 a year to own a four-wheel-drive sport utility vehicle.” That’s really only for one person and when their kids grow up they are going to have to buy a car for them. Now because of the facts told here that’s why the American Dream isn’t achievable.

In conclusion it’s the truth no one can really accomplish the American Dream. It cost too much money that most people can’t get. All these facts as told say the American dream is dead. It’s all the truth.

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The time has come for a memorial. Burly men are digging the grave. Children are crying because of hunger pains in the background. Teenagers are self-harming because of society's distorted vision of beauty, while the grave stone is being put up. It reads: "Here lies the grave of the American Dream. R.I.P.". The American Dream is dead. There is no point in fixing America, because society, and price tags, destroyed it.

Although people like Colin Powell, who argued in his speech "Sharing in the American Dream", that the American Dream is not dead if we come together we can achieve this goal. With the economy nowadays, that is close to impossible. A graphic in "Price Tag for the American Dream" reveals that the costly amount for the average "extras" like family vacations, entertainment, and restaurants totals approximately $17,000. If that's only the extras in the average family of four, one cannot fathom the $130,000 needed for necessities in life such as food, shelter, and clothing, including these “extras”. The American dream includes the extras because people long for the extras with the essentials. People are losing jobs, and people are losing homes. The American Dream was easy to achieve in Colin Powell’s day, but with our society in 2015, it is difficult to achieve.

The American Dream is long gone. With poverty, homelessness, and a low minimum wage, people can't afford the dreams of a perfect home, a perfect family, a perfect life. In reality, the American Dream is replaced with a distorted society, beauty, and perfection. Rest in peace, American Dream.

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The American Dream

The American Dream, every person in America wants to live it. Nice cars, fancy houses, everything they need, want, and more. It’s too bad most families cannot afford it, only 1 out of 8 families can.

Clothes, cars, houses, and so much more. In order to be able to live the American Dream it would cost around 130,000 dollars a year, for an average family of 4. “Only 16 million U.S. households – around 1 in 8 – earned that much in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau” (Source 2). Some families have 6 or more people in one household due to that, it is much harder to afford the groceries, clothes, gas, etc. Very few families make enough money a year that the American dream requires” let alone be able to spend that much and still have money left over. Yes for some families it is still alive but for most people it’s just a dream that is dead and always will be.

The American Dream is so close but, so far from others. It is a waste of time and money because more than half of Americans cannot afford it. The American Dream is dead and gone.

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Having everything you wanted, the house, the car, everything. Although you cannot own any of what you want because it is extremely high-priced. The American Dream is basically not being able to pay for something because it is so costly. There is a minuscule chance for a person to achieve this impossible dream. The "American Dream" is dead because no one can pay the price to live that lifestyle. The American Dream has died out, since people have not been able to achieve it. The expense costs for living this dream is way too expensive for the average American. To live the American Dream a family of four would have to pay at least $139,000 per year, "Only 16 million U.S. households - around 1 in 8 - earned that much in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau" (Source 2). These necessities are beginning to get harder and harder to achieve, but that's what makes it the American Dream. Although, the dream can be somewhat achievable, “All of us can spare 30 minutes a week or an hour a week. All of us can give an extra dollar. All of us can touch someone whole doesn't look like us, who doesn't speak like us, who may not dress like us, but needs us in their lives. And that's what we all have to do to keep this going”, states Colin Powell. If we all come together to achieve this dream then it may work but it is not likely for that many people to come together and help. In conclusion, the dream is gone. There is nothing else we can do to help fix the dead dream. It is too expensive for anyone to pay for it and society can do nothing about it. The dream is nearing extinction.

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What if you’re thought of an American dream was fake, or way out of your price zone. Well the American dream is very expensive and only for a family or four it's about $130,000 a year. The American dream is very hard to achieve.

Many people have hope that the American dream is an attainable life. “In fact, three-quarters of Americans polled by the Brookings Institution in 2008 said the dream was harder to attain” (Source 2 paragraph 5).  According to Howard Gold, he thinks no one can achieve this goal because it’s hard to make money and if you have a family it’s even harder to obtain it. For example, “AAA estimated it would cost $11,039 a year to own one four-wheel-drive sport-utility vehicle” (Source 2). In the passage “Price Tag for the American Dream” reveals that the costly amount for the average “extras”, example such as family vacations, entertainment, and restaurants totals $17,009. Speaking of families “…the average family of four is about $130,000 a year” (Source 2 paragraph 6).

In conclusion, the American dream can’t be achieved. People can't randomly get loads of money and be able to have anything they want. Everything comes with a price, and taxes. What would you say if you had to pay twice as much then you do now?

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Just think of a giant house, two loving kids, a Ferrari or a corvette. That would be amazing. But, it won’t happen. Sadly, this dream, other known as the American Dream is dead.

A lot of Americans still have hope that the dream is not yet forgotten, but it has been lost in a space-time continuum of an everlasting forgotten black hole. According to Howard Gold, Brookings Institution conducted a survey, which revealed that the American Dream is "harder to achieve". In spite of the article “Sharing the American Dream” Collin Powell states the dream is still here, it might be but it is very faint. This is because of the job level and wage/salary per hour. Therefore people are not able to achieve this as easily as they would have ten years ago. Gold also stated that the U.S. census bureau shows that only 16 million out of 128 million houses achieve the $130,000 goal of the American Dream. This is less than 1/4 of Americans that achieve this goal, and soon the numbers will keep depleting and the American Dream will be dead forever.

Overall, the American Dream has been referred to as “dead”, due to the lessening numbers of houses that show that have achieved this dream. Also, the survey conducted by Brookings Institute shows the work it takes to achieve this dream. But, in all the dream is dead.

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Imagine a perfect life. A fast, fancy car, a mansion detailed down to gold on everything, and to top it all off, servants to do any bidding. This is called the American Dream. However, due to high prices to make a decent living and society, that dream has been exterminated.

People think that the American Dream is alive, but when many people think the dream is still alive, they are wrong due to some high prices. For example, in, “Price Tag for the American Dream,” it states that, “AAA estimated it would cost $11,039 a year to own one four-wheel-drive sport-utility vehicle.” With that being said, that means that for one person to own a vehicle it costs around 11,000. Now for both parents to own cars. That would mean that the 11,000 dollars to own a car, would double. Now eventually, those kids in that family of four would grow up and eventually need cars of their own, which would then double for car cost. In conclusion, The American dream is dead due to high prices to afford certain necessities.

Even though the American Dream is not achievable, some people still think it is possible. In “Sharing in the American Dream” a speech by “Colin Powell” he says, “All of us can spare 30 minutes a week or an hour a week. All of us can give an extra dollar. All of us can touch someone whole doesn't look like us, who doesn't speak like us, who may not dress like us, but needs us in their lives. And that's what we all have to do to keep this going.” With that being said, he is saying all of us can help out for everyone to get the American Dream, but also, his speech is opinion based meaning, not all of us can help out to fix the American Dream. All in all, even though Colin Powell’s speech is motivating, it won’t fix the American Dream.

To sum it all up, the so called "American Dream" is dead. No one can fix the dream that people hoped to achieve. No one can have this dream because of high prices to make a living and society. Because of that, the American Dream is dead.

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Imagine living in a world where you have a nice big house and an expensive car. It would be like living the American Dream. But, you can't because the American Dream is very hard to achieve. The vast majority of Americans won't achieve this "dream". The American Dream is dead.

Though the American dream sounds very appealing, it is impossible to achieve. The American dream is dead. Only 12.5% of Americans can achieve this "dream". This means even if they tried, very few Americans can live the dream. To live the American dream it would mean you would have to earn $130,000 a year, the average amount earned yearly is $45,000 per person. According to the US Census Bureau only one out of eight Americans make that much money a year. So most Americans can't live the dream. Colin Powell said the dream is still alive and says everyone can lend a hand and donate, but if you can’t get the dream yourself, how are you supposed to help?

As you now know from all the facts, it is almost impossible to achieve the dream, as it is dead. Most Americans cannot afford the dream. Colin Powell stated that the dream was alive about 20 years ago, but if it was, why haven’t we achieved it yet? Even if you tried, you can't have the dream.

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The light that has drawn so many to this land is slowly dying. The shining promise of opportunity and hope has caused thousands, if not millions, of people to come to this country in search of a better life. Unfortunately, rising prices for housing, food, and education are casting a shadow on the myth that has come to be known as "the American Dream". The American Dream has moved even further out of reach due to the rising cost of comfortable living in the U.S. This dream, like most others, is nearing its unavoidable demise.

A lifestyle of serenity and security in the U.S. is no longer affordable for most Americans. A study done “by USA TODAY shows that living the American dream would cost the average family of four about $130,000 a year” (Source 2). According to “Price Tag of the American Dream” by Howard R. Gold, “Only 16 million U.S. households... earned that much in 2013, according to the US Census Bureau”. This means that only a small fraction of the population would have come close to achieving the American Dream two years ago. With the rising costs of food, housing, and other necessities, the Dream would be even further out of reach today. But other people choose to be more optimistic. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell remarked in his speech “Sharing in the American Dream” that “all of us can spare 30 minutes... or an hour a week… all of us can give an extra dollar”. Can we really? Not everyone has the resources or the time to create a better life for themselves, let alone help others to reach the same goal.

The American Dream is dying, and we can't do much to save it. The majority of the population doesn't make enough money to come close to achieving the Dream due to the rising cost of easy living in this country. Despite the unfailing optimism of many Americans, it's time to let this dream go.

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Money! The paradoxical object that is both the root of and solution to all problems. It is also the key to achieving the ideological “American Dream”. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says that we can give the American Dream to everyone just by giving an extra hour a week or dollar a day. But can a family really live that ideology on just goodwill? USA TODAY calculated a $130,000 price tag for an average family to live comfortably. On the other hand, the average American family only tends to make around $40,000 - $50,000 a year. Even by the most cursory of glances, these numbers certainly do not correlate well.

The American Dream, though it is the ideal that drives most Americans to achieve all they can, is a fading reality. The price for contentedness rises steadily like a mountain, invalidating the efforts of simple hard work and determination alone. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that “All of us can spare 30 minutes a week or an hour a week.  All of us can give an extra dollar.  All of us can touch someone whole doesn't look like us, who doesn't speak like us, who may not dress like us, but needs us in their lives. And that's what we all have to do to keep this going.” (Sharing In the American Dream, Paragraph 9). But the ideological Dream of antiquity is gone, replaced by a Dream mirroring the America of today, a Dream that relies on a good deal of money. According to Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year, the Dream for an average American family now totes a hefty $130,000 annual price tag, excluding the specializations of each individual family. From the same source, we discern that only about 12.5% of American families actually earn such wages so as to sufficiently support the idealistic lifestyle. In terms of correlation, Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year also provides the median household income of about $51,000, pegging what is at best a sharp disconnect. Neighborly goodwill and a tenacious spirit can’t simply conjure $130,000 out of thin air.

The American Dream isn't completely dead, just largely unattainable. Over time, the changing economy has shaped the price for our ideology into an expensive obstacle that most Americans cannot afford to grasp. If we want to give this gift to all of our American kin, then we must find a different method, as singular achievement is no longer an option.

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A perfect life, a dog, a wife and a child or two. Maybe you have a hundred thousand dollar job? Well that's not happening so yeah, sad. The American dream, the dream of the people, now the forgotten dream. With the expectations of this the American dream, may now be unreachable.

The American dream is that of a mere memory now. As Howard R. Gold stated in his article ' Price tag of the American dream' "Three- quarters of the Americans polled said the dream was hard to attain" Showing that about 3/4ths of Americans cannot afford what is deemed 'The Perfect life'. Despite the belief of some people, such as Collin Powell, the author or "Sharing the American Dream', who states that the dream is alive, just needs to be shared. The total of what is deemed 'Perfect' is about 150,000$ a year, and most people cannot afford it. Showing that The American Dream isn't as possible as it was when money didn't rule the world.

Although the American Dream seems so close to some. No matter what we choose to believe we may never be able to achieve this. This dream is gone, bleeding on the floor. And we can't seem to stitch the wound. Despite the ability of some. This life isn't for all. And this dream will not be around for much longer.

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What if the thing everyone wanted to get didn't exist anymore? Would people still try to achieve it? The opportunities to become successful are dwindling each year. Thus, making the American Dream unachievable.

Although Colin Powell feels that by working together, donating, and passing the idea of the American Dream on will keep it alive. The truth is that the American Dream is unachievable. The price of the American Dream has gone up while job wages have gone down. Achieving the American Dream has been proven harder to achieve. Every year less and less people are making the 130k. "Around 1 in 8 earned that much in 2013" (source 2). Although some people make that kind of money, they are not entitled to the American Dream . If job wages are unchanged, the American Dream will never be easier to achieve.

People will still come to America in hope of achieving the American Dream. The more people that come, the more difficult it'll become for everyone. The American Dream is dying and there's not much anyone can do. The American Dream will soon be a thing of the past.

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The American Dream. Millions of people from places hundreds of miles away come to America to achieve this dream. The truth is, this dream has over the top standards and is very difficult to get, especially for families just moving into the states. Not everybody can guarantee the good future for their own children. With the high demands and low number of achieved households, the hope dies that we will all live the American Dream.

The American dream is one of many that most people cannot keep up with. Stated in Howard R. Gold in “Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year” “…the American Dream would cost the average family of four about $130,000 a year.” This hefty amount of money is only for the average family and could even go over the already large amount that needs to be paid. Howard also says that only 1 in 8 households achieved this $130K goal for their families. For us to believe that we can help 7 in 8 households get this goal is unreasonable and would be digging a deeper hole for the mess we are already in. Even though many people have donated to charity and the ones in need, we still do not see every family with a car, house, and education for their future generation. After all effort to get everyone the promise of living the Dream, no more can be done, and all hope is lost.

To sum up, with the facts laid out and promises broken, the "American Dream" is not a dream anymore. We have tried years upon years, but failed and seen this is something unrealistic to reach for. With this dream out of the way, we make space for new ones, ones we can achieve.