On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
There was a recent article in Time magazine talking about how life in America now for many middle-income families, low-income families has become a game of chance. The game is kind of rigged against you. I remember reading a little newspaper article and the headline was: Vietnamese Immigrants Achieve American Dream, Win State Lottery. The story went on to talk about this Vietnamese couple. They bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery. The idea that this is the American dream, a one-in-a-million chance of winning the lottery, that is the American dream, that our life is a roll of the dice, the odds are a million to one against you. No, that is not the American dream. The American dream is what your parents and my parents did, to work hard, to save, to buy a home of their own, to educate their kids and build a better life.
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